Mark Henderson (swimmer)
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| Full name | Mark Andrew Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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November 14, 1969 Washington, D.C. |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation's Capital Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jeff King, Nort Thornton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Andrew Henderson (born November 14, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World champion, two-time Pan American Games champion, four-time Pan Pacific champion and five-time U.S. National champion. He competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he was the butterfly leg of the gold medal 4×100-meter medley relay, which set the world, Olympic, American, and U.S. Open records.
While in high school, Henderson swam for Curl-Burke Swim Club (renamed to Nation's Capital Swim Club) and was coached by Jeff King. He attended college at the University of California, Berkeley where he swam for coach Nort Thornton's California Golden Bears swimming and diving team.
At the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992, Henderson entered the meet ranked 2nd in the world in the 100m butterfly, but concentrated too much on his competition and took out his race much too fast (under world record pace at the 50m mark). He led the race to the final 10 meters where he "bonked" and dropped from first to seventh place.
Henderson returned to competition after an 8-month retirement with a vengeance. In 1993, Henderson won gold at the U.S. Open and Summer U.S. Nationals and another two gold medals at the Pan Pacific Championships. He finished his comeback year with a gold and two silvers at the inaugural Short Course World Championships in Palma, Majorca.
In 1994, Henderson joined the first USA Swimming resident team which was located at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was run and coached by former world record holder Jonty Skinner. Over the next two years, Jonty coached Mark to two National titles, a gold at the World Championships, a gold and silver at the Pan Pacific Championships and two Pan American Gold medals. Mark found redemption at the 1996 Olympic Trials by qualifying for the team in the 100 meter butterfly.
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