2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming

Matt Grevers
PRONOUNCED: GREE-vers
CLUB: Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics (FORD-
AZ)
AGE: 26 DOB: Mar 26, 1985
HEIGHT: 6' 8" (203.2 cm)
HOMETOWN: Lake Forest, Ill.
RESIDENCE: Tucson, Ariz.
COACHED BY: Eric Hansen / Rick DeMont
Career Highlights:
Won the 100m and 200m back and finished fourth in the 100m free and seventh in the 50m
free at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Captured three gold medals at the
2009 MOO Duel in the Pool ... earned two gold medals at the 2009 FINA World
Championships as a member of the 4x100 free relay and the 4x100 medley relay (prelims) …
Earned a silver medal in the 100m back at the 2008 Olympic Games, also won gold swimming
prelims in the 400m med-relay and 400m free-relay ... won gold as a member of the men's
Games record-setting 400m free relay team at 2007 WUGS, and took silver in the 400m
medley relay ... swam the finals of five events at the 2005 WUGs, earning two silvers (100m
back and 400m medley relay) and two bronze medals (50m back and 400m free relay) …
captured his first NCAA title in the 100y back in 2005
Olympics History:
2008: Gold, 400m FR-R (pr); Silver, 100m BK
World Champs History:
2009: Gold, 400m FR-R; Gold, 400m MR (pr); 7th 100Bk
WUGs History:
2007: Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 400m MR; 9th, 100m free ... 2005: Silver, 100m BK & 400m
MR; Bronze, 50m BK & 400m FR-R
SC Worlds History:
2006: Silver, 400m MR (pr); Bronze, 400m FR-R
Duel in the Pool History:
2009: Gold, 100m BK; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 50m FR
Olympic Trials History:
2008: 2, 100m BK; 5, 100m FR ... 2004: 7, 100m BK; 12, 50m FR; 14, 100m FR
U.S. Nationals History:
2010: 2, 400m MR; 4, 100m BK; 6, 50m FR; 6, 200m BK; 7, 100m FR ... 2009: 2, 100m BK; 7,
50m FR; 4, 100m FR
Short Course National Championships:
2009: 1, 100y FL; 3, 100y FR/100y BK; 5, 50y FR ... 2008: 1, 50y FR; 2, 100y FR/100y
BK/100y FL
NCAA History:
2007: 1, 200y BK ... 2006: 1, 100y BK ... 2005: 1, 100y BK ... 2007(Sr): 1, 200y BK/400y MR;
2, 200y IM; 3, 100y BK/400y FR-R; 4, 200y FR-R ... 2006(Jr): 1, 100y BK; 4, 200y MR/400y
MR; 6, 100y FR; 7, 200y FR-R/400y FR-R; 11, 50y FR
RECORDS:
Former NAG (13-14) holder in 200y BK, set at 2000 US Speedo Junior Ch
ADDITIONAL HONORS:
Collegiate: Four-time NCAA Champion ... 27-time All-American
High School: 2003 Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year
PERSONAL:
High School: Lake Forest HS ’03
College: Northwestern '07
Graduate Studies: Communications
Parents: Ed and Anja Grevers ... father is a landscape architecht, and mother is a swim coach ...
both originally from the Netherlands
Sibling(s): Older sister (Carolyn) swam for University of Kansas ... older brother (Andy) swam for
Northern Illinois
Sports Played Before Swimming: Basketball, water polo, volleyball, tennis, soccer
Nickname(s): Dutch and Nu ... nicknamed Dutch because he is Dutch ... nicknamed Nu because
that is the name of his mage in Warcraft (a role-playing game)
Hobbies Outside the Pool: Playing video games, volleyball, basketball, ultimate frisbee,
foosball, ping pong, four square, reading sci-fi books
Ultimate Way to Relax: World of Warcraft, video games
FAST FACTS
USA Swimming
One-time Olympian (2008)
Seven Olympic Games medals (5g, 1s, 1b)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships
2011: Silver, 400m MED-R; Bronze, 400m FR-R;
Gold, 100m BK; Gold, 200m BK
2009 FINA World Champs
2009: Gold, 400m MED-R (pr); Gold, 400m FR-R
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
2008: Gold, 400m MED-R (pr); Silver, 100m BK;
Gold, 400m FR-R (pr)
2007 World University Games
2007: Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 400m MED-R
2006 SC World Champs
2006: Silver, 400m MED-R (SCM) (pr); Bronze,
400m FR-R (SCM)
CAREER STATS:
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
National Champs - 7 Final, 50m FR; 4 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final,
100m BK; 1 Final, 200m BK; 3 Final, 400m FR-R; 2 Final,
400m MED-R
World Champs - 7 Final, 100m BK; 1 Final, 400m FR-R
Santa Clara - t4 Final, 50m FR; 5 Final, 100m FR; 4 Final,
100m BK; 7 Final, 100m FL; t2 Final, 400m FR-R; t2 Final,
400m FR-R; t3 Final, 800m FR-R; t3 Final, 800m FR-R
Oly Games - 2 Final, 100m BK
TRIALS - 9 Semi, 50m FR; 5 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final, 100m
BK; 10 Semi, 100m FL
Swimvitational - 8 Final, 50m FR; t6 Final, 100m FR; 3 Final,
100m BK; 8 Final, 100m FL
08 SCSC GP - t2 Final, 50m FR; 8 Final, 100m FR; 23 Final,
200m FR; 3 Final, 100m BK; 12 Final, 100m FL
08 MIZZ GP - 4 Final, 50m FR; 2 Final, 100m FR; 3 Final,
200m BK; 6 Final, 100m FL; 1 Final, 400m FR-R
- 1 Final, 50y FR; 2 Final, 100y FR; 1 Final, 200y FR; 3 Final,
100y BK; 1 Final, 200y BK; 2 Final, 100y FL; 1 Final, 200y IM;
1 Final, 400y FR-R
WUGS - 9 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR-R; 2 Final, 400m
MED-R
SCSC GP - 10 Final, 50m FR; t11 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final,
100m FL
SUM NATS - 13 Final, 100m FR; 8 Final, 100m BK
SC WORLD - 12 Semi, 50m BK (SCM); 7 Final, 100m BK
(SCM); t13 Semi, 50m FL (SCM); 7 Final, 100m IM (SCM); 3
Final, 400m FR-R (SCM)
NCAA - t10 Final, 50y FR; 6 Final, 100y FR; 1 Final, 100y BK
WUG - 4 Final, 100m FR
WC TRIALS - 10 Final, 100m FR; t3 Final, 100m BK
OLY TRIALS - 12 Final, 50m FR; 14 Final, 100m FR; 7 Final,
100m BK; 6 Final, 100m BK
SUM NATS - 10 Final, 50m FR; 6 Final, 100m FR; 4 Final,
100m BK; 6 Final, 200m BK