2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming
2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming
2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming
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<strong>USA</strong> <strong>Swimming</strong><br />
Peter Vanderkaay<br />
CLUB: Oakland Live Y'ers (OLY-MI)<br />
AGE: 27 DOB: Feb 12, 1984<br />
HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm)<br />
WEIGHT: 205 lbs (93.0 kg)<br />
HOMETOWN: Rochester, Mich.<br />
RESIDENCE: Gainesville, Fla.<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Royal Oak, Mich.<br />
COACHED BY: Gregg Troy<br />
Career Highlights:<br />
Helped the 800m free relay to a gold medal at the <strong>2011</strong> FINA World <strong>Championships</strong>; also<br />
placed fourth in the 400m free, sixth in the 1500m free and seventh in the 800m free ... <strong>2011</strong><br />
ConocoPhillips <strong>National</strong> Champion in the 200m free ... Took home a silver medal in the<br />
4x200m free-relay at the 2010 FINA Short Course World <strong>Championships</strong> ... 2010 <strong>National</strong><br />
Champion in the 400m free … set the American Record in the 200m free at the 2009 MOO<br />
Duel in the Pool … finished just out of the medals in the 400m free at the 2009 FINA World<br />
<strong>Championships</strong> by placing 4th and finished 6th in the 800m free … placed first in the 400m free<br />
at the 2009 CP <strong>National</strong> <strong>Championships</strong> ... earned a gold medal and set a world record on the<br />
800m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games; also won his first individual medal at the<br />
Olympics, receiving a bronze in the 200m free … member of the world record-setting 800m<br />
free-relay at the 2007 World <strong>Championships</strong> … has swam on the 800m free-relay that has<br />
broken the American record each summer since 2004 … gold medalist on the American<br />
record-breaking 800m free-relay team at the 2004 0lympic Games … won silver in the<br />
800m-relay and bronze in both the 800m and 1500m free at the 2003 World University Games<br />
Olympics History:<br />
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR; 4, 400m FR; 11, 1500m FR ... 2004: Gold,<br />
800m FR-R(AR)<br />
World Champs History:<br />
<strong>2011</strong>: 1, 800m FR-R; 4, 400m FR; 6, 1500m FR; 7, 800m FR ... 2009: 4, 400m FR; 6, 800m<br />
FR ... 2007: Gold, 800m FR-R(WR); 4, 400m FR; 9, 800m FR ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR);<br />
6, 200m & 400m FR<br />
World Champs History:<br />
WC LCM: earned 3G<br />
SC Worlds History:<br />
2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R<br />
U.S. <strong>National</strong>s History:<br />
<strong>2011</strong>: 1, 200m FR ... 2010: 1, 400m FR; 2, 1500m FR; 3, 200m FR ... 2009: 1, 400m FR; 5,<br />
200m FR<br />
Short Course <strong>National</strong> <strong>Championships</strong>:<br />
2009: 1, 200y/500y/1650y FR<br />
RECORDS:<br />
Holds WR in 800m FR-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) ... Holds AR in 500y<br />
FR, set at 2008 MI OLY Michigan Open ... Holds USO in 500y FR, set at 2008 MI OLY<br />
Michigan Open<br />
NATIONAL TITLES:<br />
400m Free (3): '10 SUM, '09 SUM, '07 SUM<br />
ADDITIONAL HONORS:<br />
International: Member of the 800m free-relay, which has held the American record since 2004 ...<br />
was also a member of the American record-setting 800m free-relay at the 2004 Olympics when<br />
Team <strong>USA</strong> upset the Australians, who had not lost the race at an international meet in seven<br />
years.<br />
Collegiate: 2006 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year<br />
PERSONAL:<br />
High School: Rochester Adams HS '02<br />
College: Michigan '06<br />
College Major: Biology<br />
Future Professional Aspirations: Creating a business in Detroit to help give back to a region<br />
that has given so much.<br />
Parents: Mark and Robin … father is a dentist who swam for Albion College, and mother is a<br />
dental hygienist<br />
Sibling(s): Older brother (Christian) medical doctor swam at Michigan … younger brother (Alex)<br />
consultant also swam at Michigan ... younger brother (Dane) swims at Michigan … Christian,<br />
Peter and Alex swam together for the Wolverines during the 2004-05 season<br />
Started <strong>Swimming</strong>: Age 5<br />
Sports Played Before <strong>Swimming</strong>: Soccer<br />
FAST FACTS<br />
Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004)<br />
Fourth LC World <strong>Championships</strong> (<strong>2011</strong>,<br />
2009, 2007, 2005)<br />
Two Worlds medals (2g)<br />
Three Olympic Games medals (2g, 1b)<br />
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Conoco Phillips <strong>National</strong> <strong>Championships</strong><br />
<strong>2011</strong>: Gold, 200m FR<br />
<strong>2011</strong> FINA World Champs<br />
<strong>2011</strong>: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2010 FINA World Champs (25m)<br />
2010: Silver, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)<br />
2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Bronze, 200m FR<br />
2009 FINA World Champs<br />
2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (pr)<br />
2008 Beijing Olympic Games<br />
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR<br />
2007 World <strong>Championships</strong><br />
2007: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR)<br />
2005 World <strong>Championships</strong><br />
2005: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2004 Olympic Games<br />
2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (AR)<br />
TOP TIMES<br />
Event Best Year<br />
200m FR 1:45.14 Aug 08<br />
400m FR 3:43.11 Aug 08<br />
800m FR 7:46.64 Jul 11<br />
1500m FR 14:45.54 Jun 08<br />
CAREER STATS:<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
<strong>National</strong> Champs - t16 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR<br />
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 7 Final, 800m FR; 6 Final,<br />
1500m FR; 1 Final, 800m FR-R<br />
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR (SCM); 5 Final, 1500m FR<br />
(SCM); 2 Final, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)<br />
Pan Pacs - 3 Final, 200m FR; 4 Final, 400m FR; 5 Final, 800m<br />
FR; t1 Final, 800m FR-R; t1 Final, 800m FR-R<br />
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 6 Final, 800m FR<br />
Ultra Swim - 10 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final,<br />
400m FR; 1 Final, 1500m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR-R; 1 Final,<br />
400m MED-R<br />
- 5 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR<br />
Oly Games - 3 Final, 200m FR; 4 Final, 400m FR; 1 Final,<br />
800m FR-R (WR)