Mark Daniel Gangloff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1982
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Mark Daniel Gangloff
- Mark Daniel Gangloff (born June 8, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. Gangloff represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics.
- At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S.
- team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay.
- In individual competition, he placed fourth in the men's 100-meter breaststroke.
- Four years later at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he again participated in his signature event, the 100-meter breaststroke, and placed eighth in the event final.Gangloff broke the American record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 59.01 at the U.S.
- Swimming National Championships in 2009.He attended Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio.
- He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Auburn University, where he swam for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team in NCAA competition from 2001 to 2005.
- He graduated from Auburn in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in criminology.
- Gangloff appeared in the 2006 movie The Guardian.
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