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Matt Grevers

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Career Highlights

Won the 100m and 200m back and finished fourth in the 100m free and seventh in the 50m free at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Captured three gold medals at the 2009 MOO Duel in the Pool ... earned two gold medals at the 2009 FINA World Championships as a member of the 4x100 free relay and the 4x100 medley relay (prelims) … Earned a silver medal in the 100m back at the 2008 Olympic
Games, also won gold swimming prelims in the 400m med-relay and 400m free-relay ... won gold as a member of the men's Games record-setting 400m free relay team at 2007 WUGS, and took silver in the 400m medley relay ... swam the finals of five events at the 2005 WUGs, earning two silvers (100m back and 400m medley relay) and two bronze medals (50m back and 400m free relay) … captured his first NCAA title in the 100y back in 2005

Olympics History

2008: Gold, 400m FR-R (pr); Silver, 100m BK

World Champs History

2009: Gold, 400m FR-R; Gold, 400m MR (pr); 7th 100Bk

WUGs History

2007: Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 400m MR; 9th, 100m free ... 2005: Silver, 100m BK & 400m MR; Bronze, 50m BK & 400m FR-R

SC Worlds History

2006: Silver, 400m MR (pr); Bronze, 400m FR-R

Duel in the Pool History

2011: 1, 100m BK; 1, 100m FL; 1, 4x100m FR-R; 1, 4x100m MR ... 2009: Gold, 100m BK; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 50m FR

Olympic Trials History

2008: 2, 100m BK; 5, 100m FR ... 2004: 7, 100m BK; 12, 50m FR; 14, 100m FR

U.S. Nationals History

2010: 2, 400m MR; 4, 100m BK; 6, 50m FR; 6, 200m BK; 7, 100m FR ... 2009: 2, 100m BK; 7, 50m FR; 4, 100m FR

U.S. Nationals History

2011 Winter- Gold 100 Bk, Bronze 200 Bk

Short Course National Championships

2009: 1, 100y FL; 3, 100y FR/100y BK; 5, 50y FR ... 2008: 1, 50y FR; 2, 100y FR/100y BK/100y FL

NCAA History

2007: 1, 200y BK ... 2006: 1, 100y BK ... 2005: 1, 100y BK ... 2007(Sr): 1, 200y BK/400y MR; 2, 200y IM; 3, 100y BK/400y FR-R; 4, 200y FR-R ... 2006(Jr): 1, 100y BK; 4, 200y MR/400y MR; 6, 100y FR; 7, 200y FR-R/400y FR-R; 11, 50y FR

Fun Facts

High School

Lake Forest HS ’03

College

Northwestern '07

Graduate Studies

Communications

Parents

Ed and Anja Grevers ... father is a landscape architecht, and mother is a swim coach ... both originally from the Netherlands

Sibling(s)

Older sister (Carolyn) swam for University of Kansas ... older brother (Andy) swam for Northern Illinois

Sports Played Before Swimming

Basketball, water polo, volleyball, tennis, soccer

Nickname(s)

Dutch and Nu ... nicknamed Dutch because he is Dutch ... nicknamed Nu because that is the name of his mage in Warcraft (a role-playing game)

Hobbies Outside the Pool

Playing video games, volleyball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, foosball, ping pong, four square, reading sci-fi books

Ultimate Way to Relax

World of Warcraft, video games

Most Influential Person

Family … “Each of my family members inspires me in different ways. As a swim coach, my mom understands swimming from the teacher’s perspective as well as the family perspective. My dad and brother are always so proud of all my accomplishments. My sister was a Division I and Olympic Trials qualifier, so she’s experienced almost everything I’m about to experience and can offer advice, which helps. Outside of my family, Lea Maurer has had a big influence on me. She showed me how to claim the feeling." ... role model: "Rick Demount, he's one of the happiest humans I know."

Training Stats

Swims 4 hours per day, 6 days a week

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Tv: Family Guy

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