Kevin Draxinger
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| Full name | Kevin Draxinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 16, 1967 Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pacific Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kevin Draxinger (born March 16, 1967) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in the twelfth position in the 200-metre backstroke.[1] In the same event he won the silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
At the 1991 Summer Universiade, Draxinger won a silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke.[2]
He obtained an MD degree from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) in 1998, and further specialized himself in Orthopedic and spinal surgery at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore). Draxinger now serves a Sports medicine and Orthopedic surgery Physician in Freeport, Illinois, working for the Freeport Health Network at their Burchard Hills offices.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kevin Draxinger at Sports Reference at Sports Reference
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universidade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sports Physician - Athlete 1967 - website medicosport.eu
- ^ Dr. Kevin D Draxinger M.D. - website findatopdoc.com
External links
[edit]- "Kevin Draxinger, MD - Providers - FHN". www.fhn.org.
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