Aaron Peirsol Biography

Aaron Peirsol

Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983 in Irvine, California) is an American swimmer, a five time Olympic champion and world record holder.

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Peirsol was in 1999 at age 15 the youngest swimmer of the 200-meter backstroke at two minutes was swimming. The following year he won at the Olympic Games in Sydney, behind his teammate Lenny Krayzelburg, the silver medal in the 200m backstroke.

In his first participation in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, he also won the 200m back. Three more world title over 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, and with the U.S. 4 × 100 m medley relay, followed by the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. At the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, Canada Peirsol successfully defended all three titles and was thus in turn champion over 100m and 200m backstroke and the medley relay.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Peirsol has been triple Olympic champion over 100m and 200m backstroke as well as the U.S. 4 × 100 m medley relay. His victory in 200m backstroke, he was subsequently granted. Although he clearly won the race in front of the Austrian Markus Rogan had initially Peirsol was disqualified because the referees were detected at an unacceptable turn of kicking. After protests from the U.S. team leading the disqualification was lifted with the formal ground that the Japanese had arbitrators exclusion in French and are not being spoken in English. With the Summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008, he won an individual and a relay gold medal.

Peirsol lived, studied and trained at the University of Texas at Austin.
Records
Personal best

Legend:

* WR = World Record
* U.S. = U. S. Open record for fastest time swum U.S. soil

Long Course

* 100 m backstroke - 00:51,94 WR (min 8 July 2009 in Indianapolis)
* 200 m backstroke - 01:51,92 WR (min July 31, 2009 at the World Championships in Rome)

Short Course

* 100 m backstroke - 00:50,72 min (8 October 2004 in Indianapolis)
* 200 m backstroke - U.S. 01:50,52 (min 11 October, 2004 Indianapolis)

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