Ron Karnaugh
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1966)}}
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| fullname = Ronald Daniel Karnaugh
| national_team = United States
| strokes = Individual medley
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| collegeteam = University of California, Berkeley
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|7|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Irvington, New Jersey
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| height = {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|201|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Perth | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 1997 Fukuoka | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Havana | 200 m medley}}
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Ronald Daniel Karnaugh (born July 19, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer for the University of California Berkeley, who swam for the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163906/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ron-karnaugh-1.html Ron Karnaugh]. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
1992 Olympics
Karnaugh competed in the men's 200-meter individual medley, advanced to the event final, and finished sixth overall in a time of 2:02.18.
In international competitions, Karnaugh has been a frequent medalist. He won a bronze at the 1996 Pan-Pacifics in the 200 IM, two bronze medals in the short-course Worlds in 1996, a silver swimming the 200 IM at the 1998 Goodwill Games, and another bronze in the 200IM at the 1998 World Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51433|title=Olypedia Bio, Ron Karnaugh|website=olympedia.org}}
In 1993 he broke the American record in the 200IM.
Karnaugh began attending Medical School after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and graduated from the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1997, later practicing medicine as an interventional physiatrist. He continues swimming, and winning meets in United States masters’ swimming competitions.
See also
References
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{{Footer Pan American Champions 200 m Individual Medley Men}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1992 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:American male medley swimmers
Category:California Golden Bears men's swimmers
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Olympic swimmers for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Irvington, New Jersey
Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Category:Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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