Christopher Dorst

{{short description|American water polo player (born 1956)}}

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| name = Christopher Dorst

| image = KimDrewPhoto.jpg

| caption = Kim Peyton-McDonald, Drew McDonald, Barbara Peyton and Chris Dorst shown here with their Olympic medals. circa Fall 1984

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| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 5, 1956}}

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Men's water polo }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles | Men's water polo }}

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Christopher Dorst (born June 5, 1956){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/chris-dorst-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/chris-dorst-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Chris Dorst |accessdate=February 9, 2015}} is an American former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He was slated to go with the US Olympic Team to the 1980 Summer Olympics where they were the favorites for winning the gold medal, but the team ended up not competing because of the US boycott of the Olympics that year.

He is a graduate of Stanford University and Menlo-Atherton High School{{cite web | url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-wpolo/auto_pdf/09-10-media-guide.pdf | title = Stanford Men's Water Polo Media Guide | publisher = Stanford University | accessdate = January 11, 2011 | archive-date = November 12, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121112093014/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-wpolo/auto_pdf/09-10-media-guide.pdf | url-status = dead }} and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Chris Dorst (1989) |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=78 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404232904/https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=78 |archive-date=2020-04-04 }}{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531173820/https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx |archive-date=2019-05-31 }}

He is married to former Stanford swimmer Marybeth Linzmeier.{{cite news | url = http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dorst-258086-linzmeier-olympic.html | title = 1980 Olympic profile: Dorst, Linzmeier | first = Scott M. | last = Reid | newspaper = Orange County Register | date = July 16, 2010 | accessdate = August 14, 2012}}