An Olympic Silver Medalist In the Pool, Katie Grimes Finishes Top 15 In The Marathon Swim
Marathon swimmers face all sorts of conditions. In Paris, the open-water swimmers faced a mean current.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
41
NAME: Aaron Peirsol
SPORT: Swimming
EVENT: 100m/200m BK, 100m, FL, 10k Open Water
BIRTH YEAR: 1983
BIRTHPLACE: Irvine, Calif.
HOMETOWN: Irvine, Calif.
SCHOOL: Texas
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2000, 2004, 2008
OLYMPIC MEDALS: 2000 (silver) 2004 (3-gold), (2-gold, silver)
SOCIAL SITES: Facebook
PERSONAL NOTES: Some of Aaron’s hobbies include going to the beach and reading.Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 7-time Olympic medalist (5 gold, 2 silver)
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (100m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men), silver (200m Backstroke - Men)
- Olympic Games Athens 2004, gold (100m Backstroke - Men, 200m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men)
- Olympic Games Sydney 2000, silver (200m Backstroke - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2009 – gold (200m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men), 9th (100m Backstroke - Men), 22th (50m Backstroke - Men)
- Years of participation: 100m Backstroke - Men 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; 200m Backstroke - Men 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009; 50m Backstroke - Men 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; 100m Backstroke (SC) - Men 2002, 2004; 200m Backstroke (SC) - Men 2002, 2004; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Men 2002, 2004; 50m Backstroke (SC) - Men 2002, 2004; 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Men 2003; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Men 2002; 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Men 2002
- Medals: 20 (16 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2009 (200m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men); 2007 (100m Backstroke - Men); 2005 (100m Backstroke - Men, 200m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men); 2004 (100m Backstroke (SC) - Men, 200m Backstroke (SC) - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Men); 2003 (100m Backstroke - Men, 200m Backstroke - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Men); 2002 (200m Backstroke (SC) - Men, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Men); 2001 (200m Backstroke - Men)
- Silver – 2007 (200m Backstroke - Men); 2003 (4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Men); 2002 (100m Backstroke (SC) - Men)
- Bronze – 2002 (4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Men)
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