1. Anthony Lee Ervin was born on May 26,1981 and is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds.
21 Facts About Anthony Ervin
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Anthony Ervin was the second swimmer of African descent after Anthony Nesty of Suriname to win an individual gold medal in Olympic swimming.
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Anthony Ervin is the first United States citizen of African descent to medal gold in an individual Olympic swimming event.
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Anthony Ervin competed in the 50-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed fifth.
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Anthony Ervin is African-American and Jewish, and was born in Hollywood.
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Anthony Ervin is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on his mother's side and African-American and Indian-American descent on his father's.
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Anthony Ervin enrolled and swam for the University of California, Berkeley, under Hall of Fame Head Coach Nort Thornton Jr.
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Anthony Ervin is pursuing a graduate degree in sport, culture and education at Berkeley.
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Anthony Ervin was a youth ambassador for the Tourette Association of America from 2017 to 2018.
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At the 2000 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Anthony Ervin competed in two events: the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle.
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Anthony Ervin won one gold and one silver medal.
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Anthony Ervin won two gold medals at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle.
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Anthony Ervin competed in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay, but the United States relay team was disqualified.
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At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Anthony Ervin won silver medals in both the 50-meter freestyle and the 4 x 100 freestyle relay.
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Anthony Ervin made history with Jones and Lia Neal by being the first African-Americans on a US Olympic swim team with more than one African-American swimmer.
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Swimming the third leg, Anthony Ervin recorded a split of 47.44, and the team finished with a final time of 3:11.44.
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In 2014, on the Gold Coast, Anthony Ervin collected 2 silver medals at the Pan Pacs.
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Anthony Ervin took part in the torch lighting ceremony at the 2017 Maccabiah Games on July 6,2017.
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Anthony Ervin won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter freestyle, and the medley relay.
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At the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska and held in June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Ervin competed in the 50-meter freestyle.
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The week of competition at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Anthony Ervin conducted a swim clinic with Florian Wellbrock of Germany for young swimmers.