Tom Dolan

Tom Dolan is an American former competition swimmer who was born on 15 September 1975 in Arlington, Virginia, and became one of the leading medley swimmers of the late 1990s. He swam for the University of Michigan under coach Jon Urbanchek, where he won individual NCAA national titles in the 500-yard freestyle, the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 400-yard individual medley, and he represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He won the men's 400-meter individual medley at the 1996 Games in Atlanta and won the same event again at the 2000 Games in Sydney, setting a world record of 4:11.76 in the final, and he also took silver in the 200-meter individual medley in 2000. He had to overcome childhood asthma along the way. Dolan was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 2006 and into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, and he has run a swim school in Northern Virginia.