Troy Lane Dalbey is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Education
Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese"s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 1986 to 1987.
Career
Dalbey and his American relay teammates set new world records in the event finals of both the 4×100-meter (3:1653) and the 4×200-meter (7:1251) events. While celebrating his victories with Doug Gjertsen in a Korean bar, they removed a marble lion"s head wall decoration and were arrested by the Korean police. Dalbey and Gjertsen resigned from the United States. Olympic team, apologized to their Korean hosts in writing, and no formal charges were filed by the Korean prosecutor.
Dalbey subsequently received an 18-month suspension from competitive swimming.
Dalbey transferred to Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona after the 1988 Olympics, and finished his college swimming career swimming for the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team He received four more All-American honors as a Sun Devil swimmer in 1991.
After Dalbey retired from competition swimming, he spent several years as a swimming coach, helping to train other swimmers for the Olympics. He is currently with Main Street Power, a leading solar finance provider based in Boulder, Colorado.