SWIMMER STATS
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Career Highlights
Won five gold medals at 2011 FINA World Championsihps (800m FR-R; 200m FR; 200m BK; 400m IM; 200m IM (WR)) and became first swimmer to set a world record since the banning of polyurethane suits ... Finished third in the 100m back at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Six-time gold medal-winner at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships (100m IM, 200m free-relay, 200m back, 400m
IM (WR), 4x100m med-relay, 200m IM (WR)), breaking the all-time SC Worlds medal record ... set eight American records ... was named best male swimmer of the championships ... Six-time gold medal-winner at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships including the 200m free, 200m and 400m IM, 200m back, and 400 and 800m free relays … 2010 National Champion in the 200m back, 200m IM and 400m IM … 4-time gold medalist at the 2009 FINA World Championships in the 200m IM (WR), 4x200 freestyle-relay (WR), 4x100m freestyle relay and 400m IM … double gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 200m back (WR) and 800m free-relay (WR); also claimed two bronze medals in the 200m IM and 400m IM ... set three world records at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships ... set his first individual long-course world record winning gold in the 200m back at the 2007 FINA World Championships ... also set a world record as part of the men's 800m free-relay team ... won gold swimming on the American record-breaking 800m free-relay and silver in the 200m IM at the 2004 Olympic Games … At the 2006 Short Course World Championships, captured six medals – three gold – and setting three world records … triple medalist at the 2005 World Championships
Olympics History
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 200m BK (WR); Bronze, 200m IM; Bronze, 400m IM ... 2004: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 200m IM
World Champs History
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 200m FR; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m IM (WR) ... 2009: Gold, 200m IM (WR); Gold 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 400m IM; Bronze, 200m BK ... 2007: Gold, 200m BK(WR)/800m FR-R(WR); Silver, 100m BK & 200m/400m IM ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Bronze, 200m BK & 200m IM; 5, 400m IM
World Champs History
2011: Gold 200 Fr, Gold 200 BK, Gold 200 IM, Gold 400 IM, Gold 4x200 FR-R, Bronze (pr) 4x100 FR-R
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 200m FR; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m IM; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 400m FR-R ... 2006: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 100m BK & 200m IM
SC Worlds History
2010: Gold 200 Fr, 200 Bk, 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM, 4x100 Med-R, Silver 4x200 Fr-R
Duel in the Pool History
2011: 1, 200m BK; 1, 200m IM; 1, 400m IM ... 2005: Silver, 100m BK/200m IM
Olympic Trials History
2008: 2, 200m IM; 2, 400m IM; 2, 200m BK; 3, 100m BK ... 2004: 2, 200m IM; 4, 400m IM; 4, 200m FR
Fun Facts
High School
Spruce Creek HS '02
College
Florida '07
College Major
Sport Management
Parents
Steve and Ileana … father is a swim coach, and mother is a day care director
Sibling(s)
Two older sisters (Kristin and Megan) … two younger brothers (Devon and Brandon)
Started Swimming
His swimming career began under the coaching of his parents in Rochester, N.Y.
Sports Played Before Swimming
Soccer, lacrosse, basketball
Pet(s)
Three dogs (Tike, Zues and Spidy) … Tike and Zeus are Rottweilers, and Spidy is a mixed chow
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Playing basketball, skateboarding, surfing
Ultimate Way to Relax
Sleeping
Most Influential Person
Father … “He’s always been there for me.”
Training Stats
Swims 18,000 meters/yards per day, 5-6 hours a day, 6 days a week
More
Father was his coach at the Daytona Beach Swim Club
Favorites
U.S. city: Daytona Beach, Fla. ... int'l destination: Rome ... musician: Lil Wayne ... summer activity: beach volleyball ... movie: Cheech and Chongs - Up in Smoke ... tv: The Simpsons