Scott Tucker

Scott Eric Tucker (born February 18, 1976) is an American former competition swimmer, who competed for Auburn University, an Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 freestyle relay at both the 1996 Athens and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a former world record-holder. Excelling in international competition, he captured a total of fourteen medals at the Short and Long Course World Championships, and the Pan Pacific, Pan American and University Games from 1995-2003.

Auburn University

Tucker attended Auburn University where he swam under Head Coach David Marsh and trained and competed for Irvine Novaquatics after his collegiate years, as well as Auburn Aquatics in the summer during his time at Auburn. In 1996, the Auburn Tigers finished second to Texas in the NCAAs. In 1997, Tucker won the Commissioner's Trophy with the most points at the SEC Championship, leading the Tigers to the team title. In 1997, with Tucker as a Senior, the Auburn Tigers were the second highest rated team in the nation. In 1997, Auburn won its third successive Southeastern Conference title. Tucker was part of a relay team that set an SEC conference record in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 2:53.28.

Olympic medals Tucker represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He won a gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 4x100 meter freestyle where he swam second in the third preliminary heat for a combined time of 3:18.40. Later, the American team, without Scott, had a combined time of 3:15.41 in the 4×100 m freestyle finals.

He later worked in coaching and produced a few instructional videos intended to teach children swimming skills.