Cristina Teuscher CC'00 Named 'One of the 100 Greatest Swimmers of the Past 100 Years' by CSCAA
11/9/2021 11:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association names former Lion to list of the 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers of the Past 100 Years.
NEW YORK -- Cristina Teuscher CC'00 has been named one of the 100 Greatest Female Swimmers by the Collegiate Swimming & Diving Coaches Association. Columbia is the only Ivy League program represented amongst the top 100.
A 1996 graduate of New Rochelle High School, Teuscher made her first Olympic appearance before even stepping foot onto Columbia's Morningside Heights Campus. At just 18 years of age, she claimed her first gold medal as a member of the record-setting 4×200-meter freestyle team at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. After graduating with a degree in psychology in 2000, the collegiate standout made her second Olympic appearance, doing so as the Team USA captain at the Sydney Games. She won her second Olympic medal, a bronze, in the 200-meter individual medley.
A two-time All-American, Teuscher did not lose an individual race throughout four years of collegiate competition, including four NCAA Championship races. In addition to four National Titles, Teuscher won 12 Ivy League titles while setting 17 team records. The vast majority of these records still stand.
Following her senior campaign, Teuscher received the Connie Maniatty Award as Columbia's outstanding female senior athlete and the Honda Award for the nation's top collegiate swimmer. Later that same year (2000), she was awarded the 2000 Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation's best collegiate women's athlete. Just one of nine swimmers to earn this honor, Teuscher remains the sole Ivy League honoree.
Continuously regarded as one of Columbia's best female athletes, Teuscher was one of seven female athletes inducted into the inaugural class of the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame (2005).
Professionally, Teuscher earned an MBA in 2007 from the prestigious INSEAD business school in Fontainebleu, France. She remains active in the swim community, previously leading Ivy League rival Yale from 2010-2012 before launching the Sweet Blue Swim Academy in Connecticut alongside husband Amerigo Fabbri.
For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD on Twitter and Instagram, @ColumbiaDiving on Instagram and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
A 1996 graduate of New Rochelle High School, Teuscher made her first Olympic appearance before even stepping foot onto Columbia's Morningside Heights Campus. At just 18 years of age, she claimed her first gold medal as a member of the record-setting 4×200-meter freestyle team at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. After graduating with a degree in psychology in 2000, the collegiate standout made her second Olympic appearance, doing so as the Team USA captain at the Sydney Games. She won her second Olympic medal, a bronze, in the 200-meter individual medley.
A two-time All-American, Teuscher did not lose an individual race throughout four years of collegiate competition, including four NCAA Championship races. In addition to four National Titles, Teuscher won 12 Ivy League titles while setting 17 team records. The vast majority of these records still stand.
Following her senior campaign, Teuscher received the Connie Maniatty Award as Columbia's outstanding female senior athlete and the Honda Award for the nation's top collegiate swimmer. Later that same year (2000), she was awarded the 2000 Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation's best collegiate women's athlete. Just one of nine swimmers to earn this honor, Teuscher remains the sole Ivy League honoree.
Continuously regarded as one of Columbia's best female athletes, Teuscher was one of seven female athletes inducted into the inaugural class of the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame (2005).
Professionally, Teuscher earned an MBA in 2007 from the prestigious INSEAD business school in Fontainebleu, France. She remains active in the swim community, previously leading Ivy League rival Yale from 2010-2012 before launching the Sweet Blue Swim Academy in Connecticut alongside husband Amerigo Fabbri.
For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD on Twitter and Instagram, @ColumbiaDiving on Instagram and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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