Ian Crocker

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swimmername = Ian Crocker

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Ian Crocker (born August 31, 1982 in Portland, Maine) is an American swimmer who won gold medals in 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of national team in the 4x100 medley relay. All 3 teams set world records in the event. He trains six days a week, up to 12 km of swimming per day and is based at the University of Texas at Austin, where he trains alongside fellow world record holders Aaron Peirsol and Brendan Hansen under Eddie Reese. He is an alumnus of Cheverus High School.

Career

Crocker, who specializes in the butterfly, has received five Olympic medals in his career. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Crocker was a member of the gold medal-winning 400 meter medley relay team and barely missed winning a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he received a bronze medal as a member of the 400 meter freestyle relay team, a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly, and a gold medal as a member of the world-record setting 400 meter medley relay team. Of the three medals he won at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he is best remembered for his silver, as teammate Michael Phelps overtook him at the very end of the 100 meter butterfly to win the race by .04 seconds. Traditionally, the Olympian who places highest in an individual event will be automatically given the corresponding leg of the 4x100 m medley relay. This gave Phelps an automatic entry into the medley relay but he deferred and Crocker swam instead. Crocker had made a mistake starting the 400 freestyle relay final, which cost the Americans gold, so Phelps' gesture gave Crocker a chance to make amends as well getting his final shot at a gold medal. [ [http://www.vagazette.com/bal-te.sp.oly.phelps21aug21,0,6689205.story] ] [ [http://www.vagazette.com/bal-sp.oly.vecsey17aug17,0,2572981.column?page=2] ] Crocker and the American medley team went on to win the event in world record time, so Crocker finally got his gold medal. (Phelps received a gold medal as well, since he had swam in the preliminary heat of the medley relay.) [ [http://www.vagazette.com/bal-te.sp.oly.phelps21aug21,0,6689205.story] Had Phelps swam in the final of the 4x100 m medley relay, Crocker would have left the Athens Games without a gold medal.]

In addition to his accomplishments at the Olympics, Crocker is the current world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly, with a time of 50.40 set at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. He is the first man to ever swim under 51 seconds in this event. Crocker, who has set several other world records in the 100 meter butterfly, won two golds and one silver at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, and two golds and one silver at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. Recently, Ian has said he is currently focusing on attempting to break 50 seconds in the 100 meter butterfly. At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia , Ian Crocker, who had been in position to derail Phelps in the 100 fly before losing to his rival, dove in too early on an exchange, causing the disqualification of the American team's 4x100 m medley relay.

Personal bests

Long Course Meters

*50 m butterfly: 23.12 (American record)
*100 m butterfly: 50.40 (World Record)
*50 m freestyle: 22.74
*100 m freestyle: 49.06

Short Course Meters

*50 m butterfly: 22.71 (American Record)
*100 m butterfly: 49.07 (World Record)
*50 m freestyle: 21.44
*100 m freestyle: 46.25 (American Record)

Short Course Yards

*100 y butterfly: 44.72 (American Record)
*50 y freestyle: 19.11
*100 y freestyle: 41.68
*500 y freestyle: 4:18.44
*100 y backstroke: 45.97

See also

* World record progression 100 metres freestyle
* World record progression 100 metres butterfly

References

External links

* [http://www.iwebie.com/will-crocker-beat-phelps-in-the-100-meters-butterfly Crocker vs Phelps in Beijing]
* [http://www.iancrocker.us/iancrocker.html Official website of Ian Crocker]
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* [http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopModules/BioView.aspx?bioid=22&TabId=388&Mid=597 USA Swimming profile]
*Videos & Results on [http://www.swimpassion.net/Athletes/iancrocker.html SwimPassion.net]