Tom Wilkens

Tom Wilkens was a medley and breaststroke swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 IM at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatic Championships he won a silver medal in that event and a bronze in the 400 IM. He then won a gold medal in the 400 IM at the 2002 World Short-Course Championships. Wilkens competed at the 1997, 1999, and 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, winning gold in the 1999 200 IM and four other medals.

Wilkens attended Stanford where he was a two-time captain of the swim team and led them to the 1998 NCAA Championship. He won five NCAA titles himself and was a 16-time US Champion.

Wilkens settled in his native New Jersey where he began an insurance career, first with AIG, and later with McGowan Insurance as a branch manager and director of their professional liability division. He has been a director on the New Jersey Professional Insurance Agents Association Board, and a member of their government affairs committee. He also served two terms as President of the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals. In 2010 he was named the New Jersey Young Insurance Professional Director of the Year and received their Distinguished Service Award in 2013.

Tom Wilkens became involved in municipal government, serving as an elected official on the Middletown (NJ) Township Committee.