Charles Keating III
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Humphrey Keating III |
| National team | United States |
| Born |
August 20, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Gatorade Swim Club |
| College team | Indiana University |
Charles Humphrey Keating III (nicknamed C3; born August 20, 1955) is an American former competitive swimmer and real estate executive. He represented the United States in swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He was convicted of fraud in the savings and loan crisis, along with his more famous father, but the charges against him were later dismissed. His son, a Navy SEAL operator, was the third American servicemember to be killed while fighting ISIL in Iraq, in 2016.
Charles Keating III was born to Mary Elaine (Fette) and Charles Keating, Jr. on August 20, 1955. The elder Keating had won the national college championship in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA swimming and diving championships in 1946. Charles Keating III is also the brother-in-law of four-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall, Sr., and the uncle of ten-time medalist Gary Hall, Jr.
Charles Keating III qualified for Amateur Athletic Union national championships from the age of 13. At St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, he swam for the state champion varsity team all four years. During his senior year, he won the Ohio state championship in 200 IM and 100 breaststroke.
After graduating from St. Xavier in 1973, he went on to swim for Indiana University Bloomington on a scholarship. He graduated in 1977.
Keating won the AAU National Championship in 1976 and represented the United States that year at the Montreal Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in the final of the men's 200-meter breaststroke. He was inducted into the St. Xavier Hall of Fame in 2006 and has also been inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame.
After graduation, Keating quickly rose through the ranks at his father's American Continental Corporation, becoming an executive vice president by 1986.
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