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Crissy Ahmann-Leighton

Personal information
Full name	Christine M. Ahmann-Leighton
National team	United States
Born	(1970-05-20) May 20, 1970 (age 54) Yankton, South Dakota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
College team	University of Arizona
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Summer Olympics 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1991 Perth 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley 1991 Edmonton 100 m butterfly

Christine M. Ahmann-Leighton (married Perham) (born May 20, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Ahmann-Leighton attended the University of Arizona from 1988 to 1992, where she swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. She won NCAA national championships in the 100-yard butterfly in 1991 and 1992.

She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she received three medals. She won a gold medal by swimming the butterfly leg for the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Together with relay teammates Lea Loveless (backstroke), Anita Nall (breaststroke), and Jenny Thompson (freestyle), she set a new world record of 4:02.54 in the event final. Ahmann-Leighton received another gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 100-meter butterfly, recording a time of 58.74 seconds in the event final.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Arizona people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

1. "Where Are They Now? Crissy Ahmann-Perham Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine," ArizonaWildcats.com (October 16, 2008). Retrieved November 11, 2009.
2. HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Champions Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
3. databaseOlympics.com, 1992 Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Swimming. Retrieved October 31, 2012.

External links

• Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at World Aquatics
• Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at SwimRankings.net
• Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at Olympics.com
• Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at Olympedia

v t e 1992 USA Olympic swimming team
Qualification	1992 United States Olympic Trials
Men's Team	Mike Barrowman David Berkoff Matt Biondi Greg Burgess Hans Dersch Nelson Diebel Lawrence Frostad Doug Gjertsen Joe Hudepohl Scott Jaffe Tom Jager (team captain) Shaun Jordan Dan Jorgensen Ron Karnaugh Sean Killion Pablo Morales Eric Namesnik Jon Olsen Jeff Rouse Roque Santos Tripp Schwenk Royce Sharp Melvin Stewart Joel Thomas Dave Wharton
Women's Team	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Janet Evans Nicole Haislett Erika Hansen Jill Johnson Megan Kleine Lea Loveless Angel Martino Anita Nall Summer Sanders Ashley Tappin Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Janie Wagstaff Angie Wester-Krieg
Coaches	Mike Hastings Chris Martin Richard Quick Eddie Reese (men's head coach) Mark Schubert (women's head coach) Richard Shoulberg Nort Thornton Jon Urbanchek

• 1970 births
• Living people
• American female butterfly swimmers
• American female freestyle swimmers
• Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers
• World record setters in swimming
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
• Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
• People from Yankton, South Dakota
• Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• 20th-century American sportswomen