Christine Magnuson

Not to be confused with Christine Magnusson.

Christine Magnuson

Personal information
Full name	Christine Marie Magnuson
National team	United States
Born	(1985-10-17) October 17, 1985 (age 40) Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics
College team	University of Tennessee
Coach	Matt Kredich (Tennessee)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 100 m butterfly 2010 Irvine 50 m butterfly

Christine Marie Magnuson (born October 17, 1985) is an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. She has won a total of five medals in major international competition, four silvers, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships.

Magnuson was born in Palos Heights, Illinois on October 17, 1985, to Geri and Bill Magnuson, both High School teachers. She began swimming by taking lessons, and later swam for Tinley Park's Great Illinois Swim Club where at 10 she had a third place finish at the Illinois Junior Olympics. ^[1] She attended Grisson Middle High School and later graduated from Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Illinois. For a period in Junior High, she played volleyball, but left the volleyball team to concentrate exclusively on swimming as a Freshman at Andrew High. ^[2] A former state finalist in 2001, in November, 2002, she won an Illinois High School State title in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.16. ^[3]

University swimming career

University of Tennessee

She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee, where she swam for the Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 2005 to 2008 under Women's Head Coach Matt Kredich. ^[4] At the 2008 NCAA Championships, Magnuson won an individual national championship in the 100-yard butterfly. She finished her college career with 23 All-American honors, three school records and five SEC individual championships. She was the 2008 SEC Swimmer of the Year and the 2008 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was also awarded the 2008 SEC Commissioners Trophy as the SEC Championship meet high point-scorer. She was a four-time SEC Champion in three events, the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly during her time at Tennessee. ^[5]

In September, 2009, Magnuson began training in Tucson, Arizona, and swam with the Tucson Ford Aquatics Team. She continued training with Tucson Ford team through at least 2013. ^{[6] [7]}

2008 Beijing Olympic medals

See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Magnuson won the silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly final, finishing behind Libby Trickett of Australia who had won the gold medal in an Oceanic record. ^[8] She also set an American record in that event during the semifinals. Magnuson earned her second medal, also a silver, in the 4×100-meter medley relay finishing behind team Australia. ^{[9] [10]}

2009 World Championships

See also: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

Magnuson advanced to the 100-meter butterfly semifinals and finished tenth overall. Magnuson also swam the third leg in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay but the United States finished fourth in the final.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Tennessee people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Olympics", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, July 17, 2008, pg. 0-4
2. "Olympedia Biography, Christine Magnuson". olympedia.org. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
3. "Girls/Swimming, Diving", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, November 24, 2004, pg. 3-22
4. "Tennessee Women's Swimming and Diving, Matt Kredich". utsports.com. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
5. "Youtube, Christine Magnuson, University of Tennessee Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
6. "Tucson Ford Swimmers Win Two Events", Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, August 4, 2010, pg. B003
7. "Tucson's Leverenz Wins Title", Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, June 30, 2013, pg. B009
8. Magnuson wins silver in 100 butterfly
9. M.A. Mehta (August 17, 2008). "Plainsboro's Soni wins third medal, takes silver in 4×100 medley relay". The Star-Ledger . Retrieved June 27, 2009.
10. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Magnuson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.

External links

• Christine Magnuson at World Aquatics
• Christine Magnuson at Olympics.com
• Christine Magnuson at Olympic.org (archived)
• Christine Magnuson at Olympedia
• Christine Magnuson at USA Swimming (archivedJune 2, 2021)
• Christine Magnuson at Team USA ( archiveAugust 15, 2022 )
• Christine Magnuson at the University of Tennessee at the Wayback Machine (archived July 17, 2011)