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Troy Dalbey's Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs

3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born September 19, 1968

United States

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A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.

In the record

Troy Lane Dalbey (born September 19, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. The birth-card coordinate for September 19 is the 5 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Troy Dalbey's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1988. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Troy Dalbey (Q1342607), not a reading of character. 1988 1988 Summer Olympics: gold in 1988 Summer Olympics in Q38108. 1988: gold in swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 1988: gold in swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming.

The 5 of Clubs coordinate

Troy Dalbey was born September 19 (1968-09-19). Month 9 and day 19 give solar value 18, which is the 5 of Clubs (The Dynamic Innovator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1968 is unused. The 5 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Troy Dalbey for United States. Quoted system copy for the 5 of Clubs, not a biography of Troy Dalbey: You pressure-test a stale idea in public and let the better one win. Your mind craves novelty, variety, and freedom. You get bored easily and need constant stimulation. You're the one who disrupts stale thinking.

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Troy Dalbey in the public record

Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1986 to 1987. In 1987, he was named an All-American in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, the 400-yard medley relay, and the 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays, and was a member of the Gators' 800-yard freestyle relay team that won the NCAA title that year. Dalbey won two gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100 meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Chris Jacobs, Tom Jager and Matt Biondi. He won a second gold medal with fellow Americans Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen and Matt Biondi in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay. Dalbey and his American relay teammates set new world records in the event finals of both the 4×100-meter (3:16.53) and the 4×200-meter (7:12.51) events. While celebrating his victories with Doug Gjertsen in a Korean bar, they removed a marble lion's head wall decoration and were arrested by the Korean police. Dalbey and Gjertsen resigned from the U.S.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Troy Dalbey (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Clubs

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Birth card and karma

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Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.

Quick thinking and fast adaptation

5♣ — Birth Card, from the published 5 of Clubs meaning

Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1986 to 1987.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: coach.

Also on the record

  1. Olympic team, apologized to their Korean hosts in writing, and no formal charges were filed by the Korean prosecutor; Dalbey subsequently received an 18-month suspension from competitive swimming.
  2. Dalbey transferred to Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona after the 1988 Olympics, and finished his college swimming career swimming for the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team.
  3. He received four more All-American honors as a Sun Devil swimmer in 1991.
  4. After Dalbey retired from competition swimming, he spent several years as a swim coach, helping train other elite level swimmers, including 2 who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

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FAQ

What is Troy Dalbey's birth card?
The 5 of Clubs. September 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Troy Dalbey's year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
Where do Troy Dalbey's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1968-09-19 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Troy Dalbey, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q1342607; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Troy Dalbey; infobox match). Birth date 1968-09-19 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.