Jonathan Cleveland

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Jonathan Cleveland
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Thomas Cleveland
Nickname"Jon"
National teamCanada
Born (1970-12-19) December 19, 1970 (age 53)
Fresno, California
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubTeam Corel
College team University of Calgary
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Kobe 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria 200 m breaststroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100 m medley

Jonathan Thomas Cleveland (born December 19, 1970) is a former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.

Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Mark Tewksbury, Marcel Gery and Stephen Clarke. His best individual performance was seventh place, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the 200-metre breaststroke. [1]

Cleveland won gold medals in the men's 200-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He became the head swim coach at Newman Smith High School, and later at Ranchview High School, located in Texas.

Cleveland is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Reggie Cleveland.

Cleveland now resides in Texas with his wife and three children.

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