Jonathan Cleveland

Jonathan Cleveland

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Thomas Cleveland
Nickname(s)	"Jon"
National team	Canada
Born	(1970-12-19) December 19, 1970 Fresno, California
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Team Corel
College team	University of Calgary
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley 1993 Kobe 200 m breaststroke 1989 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 200 m breaststroke 1990 Auckland 4x100 m medley 1994 Victoria 4x100 m medley 1994 Victoria 100 m breaststroke 1994 Victoria 200 m breaststroke Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m breaststroke 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100 m medley

Jonathan Thomas Cleveland (born December 19, 1970) is a former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.

Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Mark Tewksbury, Marcel Gery and Stephen Clarke. His best individual performance was the seventh place, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the 200-metre breaststroke.^[1]

Cleveland won gold medals in the men's 200-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He became the head swim coach at Newman Smith High School, and later at Ranchview High School, located in Texas.

Cleveland is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Reggie Cleveland.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References