American swimmer (born 1970)
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,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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Qualification Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
1960 : Lynn Burke , Patty Kempner , Carolyn Schuler , Chris von Saltza (USA ) 1964 : Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Sharon Stouder , Kathy Ellis (USA ) 1968 : Kaye Hall , Catie Ball , Ellie Daniel , Susan Pedersen (USA ) 1972 : Melissa Belote , Cathy Carr , Deena Deardurff , Sandy Neilson (USA ) 1976 : Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Kornelia Ender , Andrea Pollack (GDR ) 1980 : Rica Reinisch , Ute Geweniger , Andrea Pollack , Caren Metschuck (GDR ) 1984 : Theresa Andrews , Tracy Caulkins , Mary T. Meagher , Nancy Hogshead (USA ) 1988 : Kristin Otto , Silke Hörner , Birte Weigang , Katrin Meissner (GDR ) 1992 : Lea Loveless , Anita Nall , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton , Jenny Thompson , Janie Wagstaff , Megan Kleine , Summer Sanders , Nicole Haislett (USA ) 1996 : Beth Botsford , Amanda Beard , Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Whitney Hedgepeth , Kristine Quance , Jenny Thompson (USA ) 2000 : Barbara Bedford , Megan Quann , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Courtney Shealy , Ashley Tappin , Amy Van Dyken , Staciana Stitts (USA ) 2004 : Giaan Rooney , Leisel Jones , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Brooke Hanson , Jessicah Schipper , Alice Mills (AUS ) 2008 : Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Libby Trickett , Tarnee White , Felicity Galvez , Shayne Reese (AUS ) 2012 : Missy Franklin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Allison Schmitt , Rachel Bootsma , Breeja Larson , Claire Donahue , Jessica Hardy (USA ) 2016 : Kathleen Baker , Lilly King , Dana Vollmer , Simone Manuel , Olivia Smoliga , Katie Meili , Kelsi Worrell , Abbey Weitzeil (USA ) 2020 : Cate Campbell , Chelsea Hodges , Emma McKeon , Kaylee McKeown , Mollie O'Callaghan , Emily Seebohm , Brianna Throssell (AUS )
1912 : Belle Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer (GBR ) 1920 : Margaret Woodbridge , Frances Schroth , Irene Guest , Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA ) 1924 : Euphrasia Donnelly , Gertrude Ederle , Ethel Lackie , Mariechen Wehselau (USA ) 1928 : Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville , Martha Norelius (USA ) 1932 : Helen Johns , Eleanor Saville , Josephine McKim , Helene Madison (USA ) 1936 : Jopie Selbach , Tini Wagner , Willy den Ouden , Rie Mastenbroek (NED ) 1948 : Marie Corridon , Thelma Kalama , Brenda Helser , Ann Curtis (USA ) 1952 : Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák-Gerard , Katalin Szőke (HUN ) 1956 : Dawn Fraser , Faith Leech , Sandra Morgan , Lorraine Crapp (AUS ) 1960 : Joan Spillane , Shirley Stobs , Carolyn Wood , Chris von Saltza (USA ) 1964 : Sharon Stouder , Donna de Varona , Lillian Watson , Kathy Ellis (USA ) 1968 : Jane Barkman , Linda Gustavson , Susan Pedersen , Jan Henne (USA ) 1972 : Shirley Babashoff , Jane Barkman , Jenny Kemp , Sandy Neilson (USA ) 1976 : Kim Peyton , Jill Sterkel , Shirley Babashoff , Wendy Boglioli (USA ) 1980 : Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck (GDR ) 1984 : Jenna Johnson , Carrie Steinseifer , Dara Torres , Nancy Hogshead (USA ) 1988 : Kristin Otto , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach (GDR ) 1992 : Nicole Haislett , Angel Martino , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Ashley Tappin , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (USA ) 1996 : Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Melanie Valerio (USA ) 2000 : Amy Van Dyken , Courtney Shealy , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin (USA ) 2004 : Alice Mills , Libby Lenton , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Sarah Ryan (AUS ) 2008 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Hinkelien Schreuder , Manon van Rooijen (NED ) 2012 : Alicia Coutts , Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie , Melanie Schlanger , Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Libby Trickett (AUS ) 2016 : Emma McKeon , Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell , Madison Wilson (AUS ) 2020 : Bronte Campbell , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell , Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson (AUS )
1973 : Ulrike Richter , Renate Vogel , Rosemarie Kother , Kornelia Ender (GDR) 1975 : Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Rosemarie Kother , Kornelia Ender (GDR) 1978 : Linda Jasek , Tracy Caulkins , Joan Pennington , Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 1982 : Kristin Otto , Ute Geweniger , Ines Geissler , Birgit Meineke (GDR) 1986 : Kathrin Zimmermann , Sylvia Gerasch , Kornelia Gressler , Kristin Otto (GDR) 1991 : Janie Wagstaff , Tracey McFarlane , Crissy Leighton , Nicole Haislett (USA) 1994 : He Cihong , Dai Guohong , Liu Limin , Le Jingyi (CHN) 1998 : Lea Maurer , Kristy Kowal , Jenny Thompson , Amy Van Dyken (USA) 2001 : Dyana Calub , Leisel Jones , Petria Thomas , Sarah Ryan (AUS) 2003 : Zhan Shu , Luo Xuejuan , Zhou Yafei , Yang Yu (CHN) 2005 : Sophie Edington , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Libby Trickett (AUS) 2007 : Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Libby Trickett (AUS) 2009 : Zhao Jing , Chen Huijia , Jiao Liuyang , Li Zhesi (CHN) 2011 : Natalie Coughlin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Missy Franklin (USA) 2013 : Missy Franklin , Jessica Hardy , Dana Vollmer , Megan Romano (USA) 2015 : Fu Yuanhui , Shi Jinglin , Lu Ying , Shen Duo (CHN) 2017 : Kathleen Baker , Lilly King , Kelsi Worrell , Simone Manuel (USA) 2019 : Regan Smith , Lilly King , Kelsi Dahlia , Simone Manuel (USA) 2022 : Regan Smith , Lilly King , Torri Huske , Claire Curzan (USA) 2023 : Regan Smith , Lilly King , Gretchen Walsh , Kate Douglass (USA) 2024 : Iona Anderson , Abbey Harkin , Brianna Throssell , Shayna Jack (AUS)
1985: Canada 1987: USA (Linehan , Johnson , Myers , Torres ) 1989: USA (Loveless , McFarlane , Johnson , Fetter ) 1991: USA (Wagstaff , King , Ahmann-Leighton , Haislett ) 1993: USA (Loveless , Nall , Thompson , Martino ) 1995: Australia (Stevenson , Riley , O'Neill , Ryan ) 1997: USA (Maurer , Kowal , Fox , Thompson ) 1999: USA (Bedford , Quann , Thompson , Kolbisen ) 2002: Australia (Calub , Jones , Thomas , Henry ) 2006: USA (Coughlin , Hardy , Komisarz , Weir ) 2010: USA (Coughlin , Soni , Vollmer , Hardy ) 2014: Australia (Seebohm , Tonks , Coutts , Campbell ) 2018: Australia (Seebohm , Hansen , McKeon , Campbell )