Christopher Charles Jacobs (born September 25, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Jacobs suffered from shoulder pain and struggled with drug and alcohol addiction as a college student and dropped out during his junior year.

[1][2] Jacobs won two gold medals and a silver while representing the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

He received his first gold medal as the lead swimmer for the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager and Matt Biondi.

He then won another gold medal swimming the anchor freestyle leg of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay for the first-place U.S. team of David Berkoff (backstroke), Richard Schroeder (breaststroke), and Matt Biondi (butterfly).