Christine Magnuson
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| Full name | Christine Marie Magnuson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 17, 1985 Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Matt Kredich (Tennessee) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. 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. 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.