Clark Burckle
Christopher Clark Burckle Jr. (born February 23, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and medley events. He competed in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Christopher Clark Burckle Jr. | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Burke | |||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||
| Born | February 23, 1988 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, individual medley | |||||||||||||
| Club | Lakeside Swim Team | |||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida University of Arizona | |||||||||||||
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Burckle was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville, and was a member of St. Xavier Tigers Sharks high school swim team. He was raised in an athletic family. His father Chris swam at the University of Louisville and his mother Jill played tennis for the University of California, Santa Barbara and Indiana University. His older sister Caroline swam for the University of Florida and was an Olympic bronze medalist.
Burckle initially attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2008.[1] For his senior year in 2010, he transferred to the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming team.[2] Burckle won the NCAA championship in the 200-yard breaststroke while at the University of Arizona, helping the Wildcats to a third-place team finish at the NCAA national championship in 2010.[2]
He was a finalist in the 200-meter breaststroke and 400-meter individual medley events at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials. At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Burckle finished second in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:09.97, qualifying to compete at the 2012 Olympics.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he finished sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke final with a time of 2:09.25.
Clark completed his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2015 and has been working for Sports' Media startup FloSports in Austin, Texas.
References
- GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming and Diving, 2007–08 Roster, Clark Burckle Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 5, 2012
- Arizona Wildcats.com, Men's Swimming, 2009–10 Roster, Clark Burckle Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- Paul Newberry, "Louisville's Clark Burckle makes Olympic swim team in upset," Lexington Herald-Leader (June 30, 3012). Retrieved July 5, 2012.
External links
- Christopher Burckle at USA Swimming
- Clark Burckle at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Clark Burckle at the International Olympic Committee
- Clark Burckle at the Olympic Channel
- Clark Burckle at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Clark Burckle – University of Arizona athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-27)
- Clark Burckle – University of Florida athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-11-29)
