Nathan Stooke (born May 28, 1976, in Southern Illinois) is a male freestyle swimmer from the United States who was part of a World Aquatic team championship bronze medal for America in the 25 km Open Water Swim in Perth, Australia in 1998.

In August 1997, after winning an individual bronze medal at the Pan Pacific Championships in Japan, he was rated third best in the world in the 25 km (15.5 mile) Open Water event.

[4] Showing early skills, he set his eye on the Atlantic Olympics, and confined his sports endeavors to competitive swimming.

Stooke began weight training early in his swim career, and attended daily practices, and monthly competitive meets.

Nathan, though not yet breaking records, took a third place in the 100 meter butterfly for the 15-18-year-old boys division, demonstrating the ability to perform a difficult stroke requiring practice, attention to technique, and strength.

[7] On October 12, 1991, competing at age 15 for the Montgomery YMCA team, at the Great Pumpkin meet in Birmingham, Alabama, Nathan placed first in the 100 backstroke in the C-division, first in the 100 butterfly, and second in the 200 IM for the B-division.

Nathan had a solid foundation in swimming fundamentals, and performed well in a number of diverse strokes in his youth, demonstrating attention to technique and consistent practice time.

[1] At a college meet for Southern Illinois in November 1996, Stooke took third in the 100 backstroke, and showing a proclivity for distance swimming, took third in the 500 Freestyle with a competitive time of 4:50.82.

[11] For 1995, around his Sophomore year, Stooke achieved academic honors for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average at Southern Illinois as part of an All-academic first team for college swimmers.

[16][17] On April 18, 1998, his University, Southern Illinois took first place team honors at the 25 km Open Water Event at the US National Championships at Melbourne, Florida.

[19] In August 2015, he took sixth place in the 35-39 age groups in the 3 km Open Water Swim at the 16th FINA World Masters Championships in Russia's Kazan River.

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