Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: kim chris dorst shown here with their olympic medals . circa peyton-mcdonald fall 1984 , drew mcdonald , barbara peyton and - headercolor: lightsteelblue - birth date: june 5 , 1956 - image size: 250px - image: kimdrewphoto.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christopher dorst .
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christopher '' chris '' dorst -lrb- born june 5 , 1956 -rrb- is an american former water polo player who won a silver medal for the united states at the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles , california .he was slated to go with the us olympic team to the 1980 summer olympics where they were the favorites for winning the gold medal , but the team ended up not competing because of the us boycott of the olympics that year .he is a graduate of stanford university and menlo-atherton high school and is a member of the stanford athletic hall of fame and the usa water polo hall of fame .he is married to former stanford swimmer marybeth linzmeier .