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Matt Grevers 
Matt Grevers in 2009Personal information Full name Matthew Grevers Nickname(s) Dutch, The Gentle Giant, Nu Nationality 
United StatesBorn March 26, 1985
Lake Forest, Illinois, USAHeight 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Weight 229 pounds (104 kg) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle, Backstroke Club Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics College team Northwestern University Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2008 Beijing 4x100 m medley Silver 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2009 Rome 4x100 m medley Summer Universiade Gold 2007 Bangkok 4x100 m freestyle Silver 2005 Izmir 100 m backstroke Silver 2005 Izmir 4x100 m medley Bronze 2005 Izmir 4x100 m freestyle Matt Grevers (born March 26, 1985 in Lake Forest, Illinois) is a professional American swimmer. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[1]
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Personal life
Grevers attended Lake Forest High School and Northwestern University and swam for the Wildcats. He chose to attend Northwestern over Arizona, Texas, and California.
Both of Grevers' parents are from the Netherlands. Grevers considered representing the Netherlands and even spoke about it with Dutch swimming legend Pieter van den Hoogenband. Ultimately, he decided to represent the United States.[2]
Swimming career
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grevers won two gold medals by swimming in the preliminary heats of the 4x100 m freestyle relay and 4x100 m medley relay (backstroke), as the Americans went on to win the finals in those events and medals are awarded to participants at any step along the way. Grevers also won an individual silver medal in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 53.11, 0.57 seconds behind the winner, world record holder Aaron Peirsol.[3][4][5]
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Grevers was part of men's 4x100 m freestyle relay team who took Gold ahead of Russia and France.[6] Grevers also earned a gold in the 4x100 m medley relay for his contributions in the heats.[7][8]
References
- ^ Men's 100m Backstroke – Final
- ^ NBC Olympics Matt Grevers profile
- ^ Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Heat 1
- ^ Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Heat 2
- ^ Recap of 100m backstroke final
- ^ KAREN CROUSE (July 27, 2009). "Records Fall, and It’s Only Day 1". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/sports/27swim.html?hpw. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- ^ ANDREW DAMPF (August 2, 2009). "Phelps to get shot at 5th gold in Rome". The Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gj3qdJWRagA1hCgPnWg49gTIDsrwD99QM9A80. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
- ^ "Four world records set on final day of World Swimming Championships". August 3, 2009. http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/08/03/four-world-records-set-on-final-day-of-world-swimming-championships-17184/. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
External links
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1973: United States (Nash, Bottom, Montgomery, Murphy) • 1975: United States (Furniss, Montgomery, Coan, Murphy) • 1978: United States (Babashoff, Gaines, Montgomery, McCagg) • 1982: United States (Cavanaugh, Leamy, McCagg, Gaines) • 1986: United States (Jager, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) • 1991: United States (Jager, Lang, Gjertsen, Biondi) • 1994: United States (Olsen, Davis, Taner, Hall, Jr.) • 1998: United States (Tucker, Olsen, Walker, Hall, Jr.) • 2001: Australia (Klim, Callus, Pearson, Thorpe) • 2003: Russia (Kapralov, Usov, Pimankov, Popov) • 2005: United States (Phelps, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) • 2007: United States (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak) • 2009: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Grevers, Adrian) • 2011: Australia (Magnussen, Targett, Abood, Sullivan)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1959: Great Britain: Unknown • 1961: Japan: Unknown • 1963: Japan: Unknown • 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman) • 1967: USA: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn) • 1970: USA: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl) • 1973: USA: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox) • 1977: USA: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna) • 1979: Not Held • 1981: USA: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner) • 1983: Soviet Union: • 1985: USA: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi) • 1987: USA: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas) • 1991: USA: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne) • 1993: USA: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox) • 1995: USA: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis) • 1997: USA: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones) • 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine) • 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk) • 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd) • 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard) • 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter) • 2009: USA: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison) 2011: USA: (Feigen, Phillips, Norys, Savulich)
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- American people of Dutch descent
- College swimmers in the United States
- Northwestern Wildcats athletes
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- People from Lake Forest, Illinois
- World record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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