Christine Magnuson
Christine Magnuson 
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| Surname: | Christine Magnuson | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Tennessee Volunteers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 17th October 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tinley Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.85 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 73 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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Christine Magnuson (born October 17, 1985 in Tinley Park ) is an American swimmer who is particularly successful on the butterfly courses.
Christine Magnuson is studying movement science at the University of Tennessee , where she is trained by Matt Kredich. She lives in Tinley Park and starts for the team at her university. Magnuson made her breakthrough in swimming late in 2007, when she was third in the US championship over 100 m butterfly. At the US Trials in 2008 , she was eighth in the 50 m freestyle and won the 100 m butterfly. So she qualified on the butterfly route for the Olympic Games in Beijing . On August 11th Magnuson won the silver medal there behind the Australian Lisbeth Trickett .
Web links
- Christine Magnuson in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Christine Magnuson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait at teamusa.org
- Portrait on the website of the IOC ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Magnuson, Christine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tinley Park |