(1983-07-23) July 23, 1983 (age 40) Irvine, California, U.S.
Height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight
201 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Backstroke
Club
Longhorn Aquatics
College team
University of Texas
Coach
Eddie Reese
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
5
2
0
World Championships (LC)
10
2
0
World Championships (SC)
6
1
1
Pan Pacific Championships
8
0
0
Pan American Games
0
1
0
Total
29
6
1
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
100 m backstroke
2004 Athens
200 m backstroke
2004 Athens
4×100 m medley
2008 Beijing
100 m backstroke
2008 Beijing
4×100 m medley
2000 Sydney
200 m backstroke
2008 Beijing
200 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
2001 Fukuoka
200 m backstroke
2003 Barcelona
100 m backstroke
2003 Barcelona
200 m backstroke
2003 Barcelona
4×100 m medley
2005 Montreal
100 m backstroke
2005 Montreal
200 m backstroke
2005 Montreal
4×100 m medley
2007 Melbourne
100 m backstroke
2009 Rome
200 m backstroke
2009 Rome
4×100 m medley
2003 Barcelona
4×200 m freestyle
2007 Melbourne
200 m backstroke
World Championships (SC)
2002 Moscow
200 m backstroke
2002 Moscow
4×100 m freestyle
2002 Moscow
4×100 m medley
2004 Indianapolis
100 m backstroke
2004 Indianapolis
200 m backstroke
2004 Indianapolis
4×100 m medley
2002 Moscow
100 m backstroke
2002 Moscow
4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
2002 Yokohama
100 m backstroke
2002 Yokohama
200 m backstroke
2002 Yokohama
4×100 m medley
2006 Victoria
100 m backstroke
2006 Victoria
200 m backstroke
2006 Victoria
4×100 m medley
2010 Irvine
100 m backstroke
2010 Irvine
4×100 m medley
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg
200 m backstroke
Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two silver). Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke event (long course). In February 2011, Peirsol announced his retirement, saying, "I ended up doing everything I set out to do."
Peirsol swam for the University of Texas in the Big 12 Conference under Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Reese and Associate Coach Kris Kubik.[1] At University of Texas at Austin, he graduated in 2006, majoring in Political Science, and was the 2003 NCAA Swimmer of the Year.[2]
Peirsol's successes have earned him the American Swimmer of the Year Award once. He has won a total of thirty-six medals in major international competition: twenty-nine gold, six silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, Pan American, and the Pan Pacific Championships.
In his Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at the age of 17, Peirsol won a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Peirsol won gold in the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke (sweeping the backstroke events) and the 4×100-meter medley relay. In his third Olympics (2008 Summer Olympics), Peirsol won gold in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He came short of his success he had in Athens by winning silver in the 200-meter backstroke, finishing behind Ryan Lochte.[3]
^"Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Kris Kubik". Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
^"USA Swimming bio: Aaron Peirsol". USA Swimming. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aaron Peirsol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world...
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in July 2002 by German team Men's 4 × 100 m medley: United States's AaronPeirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, 3:30.68 (August 21) previous...
Australia 14:41.53 Ryan Cochrane Canada 14.42.69 100 m backstroke details AaronPeirsol United States 52.54 WR Matt Grevers United States 53.11 Arkady Vyatchanin...
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eleven occasions; his streak of 2001 to 2009 was interrupted only by AaronPeirsol in 2005. Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female swimmer with six...
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