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| Full name | John Cary Mykkanen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 8, 1966 Anaheim, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Joanna | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, distance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Irvine Novaquatics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | U. California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Flip Darr (Novaquatics} Nort Thornton (Cal Berkeley) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cary Mykkanen (born September 8, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer who swam for the Irvine Novaquatics and the University of California at Berkeley and won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He later worked as a chiropractor in Orange County, California.