Nicholas Tongue 5503526 186359515 2008-01-23T15:49:15Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Swimming]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championsips (SC)]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|1995 Rio de Janeiro]] | 4x100m Medley}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Walter Nicholas ("Nick") Henry Tongue''' (born [[April 8]], [[1973]] in [[Auckland]]) is a former [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]] from [[New Zealand]], who competed at the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] for his native country. His biggest success came in [[1995]], at the second edition of the [[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|FINA World SC Championships]] in [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]], where Tongue won the gold medal with the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay Team. This was a New Zealand record time and was the 4th fastest time ever recorded swimming achievements. Tongue attended two consecutive [[Commonwealth Games]], starting in [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994]]. At this first appearance in [[Victoria, Canada]] he won the silver medal with the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team. ==External links== * [http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=50&id=3774 Profile on NZ Olympic Committee] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tongue, Nicholas}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic swimmers of New Zealand]] [[Category:Freestyle swimmers]] [[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:People from Auckland]] {{NewZealand-sport-bio-stub}} {{swimming-bio-stub}} [[de:Nicholas Tongue]]