Blake John Pieroni is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming.
19 Facts About Blake Pieroni
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Blake Pieroni won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the prelims.
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Blake Pieroni continues to swim at Indiana University as a member of the Pro Swim group along with fellow professional swimmers, Cody Miller, Lilly King, and Annie Lazor.
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In 2013, at the World Junior Championships in Dubai, Blake Pieroni took the bronze in the 4 x 200m freestyle with the men's relay team.
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At the 2016 World Championships in Windsor, Ontario, with the men's relay team, Blake Pieroni won two silver and one bronze medals: silver in 4 x 50 m freestyle; silver in 4 x 200 m freestyle and bronze in 4 x 100 m freestyle.
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Blake Pieroni won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest as part of the men's and mixed freestyle teams: gold in 4 x 100 m freestyle, gold in 4 x 100 m mixed freestyle and bronze in 4 x 200 m freestyle.
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At the Tokyo Pan Pacific Championships in August 2018, Blake Pieroni won gold with the men's relay team in the 4 x 200 m freestyle event.
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Blake Pieroni won the B-final of the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 22.22 seconds and ranked ninth across both finals heats.
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At the 2018 World Championships in Hangzhou, China, which took place in a short course pool in December, Blake Pieroni returned home with three gold medals, having won the 200 m freestyle as well as 4 x 100 m freestyle and medley events, as part of the men's relay team.
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At the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Blake Pieroni took home two gold medals as part of the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 100 mixed freestyle teams.
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Blake Pieroni won a bronze medal as part of the 4 x 200 m freestyle team.
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In fall of 2019, Blake Pieroni signed for the team LA Current in the inaugural International Swimming League season.
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Blake Pieroni placed third in the 100m freestyle at the US Olympic Swimming Trials with a time of 48.16, qualifying him for the US Olympic Swimming team in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, Blake Pieroni competed in the prelims and final of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
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The third and final day of competition in Berlin, Blake Pieroni placed fourth in the final of the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:42.87 after qualifying for the final ranking fifth with his time of 1:44.29 from the prelims.
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Morning of day two, Blake Pieroni ranked fourth overall in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 47.44 seconds and qualified for the final later in the day.
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Blake Pieroni switched out the 50-meter freestyle and substituted in the 100-meter butterfly for his event entries line-up compared to the previous two World Cup stops, giving him the butterfly race, the 100-meter freestyle, 100-meter individual medley, and 200-meter freestyle races in Doha.
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Blake Pieroni commenced competing in a duo of events on day one of competition with the prelims heats of the 100-meter butterfly in the morning where he ranked seventh with a time of 52.76 seconds and qualified for the final.
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Blake Pieroni lowered his time to a 47.59 in the final, placing fifth overall.