Tom Wilkens

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Peter Wilkens
Nickname	"Tom"
National team	United States
Born	(1975-11-25) November 25, 1975 (age 48) Middletown Township, New Jersey
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, individual medley
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 200 m medley 2001 Fukuoka 400 m medley World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 400 m medley 2002 Moscow 200 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1999 Sydney 200 m medley 1999 Sydney 200 m breaststroke 1997 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 1999 Sydney 400 m medley 2002 Yokohama 200 m medley Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 200 m medley

Thomas Peter Wilkens (born November 25, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.

Wilkens represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He received a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:00.87. He also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, but did not advance.^[3] The breaststroker was one of the featured swimmers in P.H. Mullen's book Gold in the Water.

Wilkens grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, while swimming at the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club. He attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, and graduated from Stanford University.^[4]

He helped Stanford win the NCAA team championship in 1998, in addition to second-place finishes in 1995 and 1997. He won five NCAA championship events: the 400 individual medley in 1997, the 200 breaststroke in 1998, the 200 and 400 individual medleys in 1998, and the 400 medley relay in 1998. He was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.^[5]

He was elected as a Republican to serve as a Township Committeeman in Middletown Township.