Josh Matheny is an American competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke events.
16 Facts About Josh Matheny
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Josh Matheny won the gold medal and the national title in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2022 US National Championships.
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Josh Matheny's parents are Jeffrey and Kristin, who competed collegiately in swimming, and his sisters Abby and Meghan have taken part in competitive swimming as well.
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When Matheny was nine years old, Dave Schraven took on the role of coaching him.
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For high school, Josh Matheny attended and swam scholastically for Upper St Clair High School.
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In October 2019, Josh Matheny committed to swimming for the Indiana Hoosiers in college.
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When Josh Matheny dropped over 30 seconds from his previous best time in the 200 meter breaststroke as an 11-year-old to swim a 2:53.37, SwimSwam named him as one of their "Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming" for the week of July 23,2014.
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Later in the day, Josh Matheny broke his own record with a time of 1:00.32 in the semifinals of the 100 meter breaststroke, advancing to the final ranking first overall.
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In June 2021, Josh Matheny competed at his first US Olympic Trials, the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Josh Matheny did not make the 2020 US Olympic Team in either of his events.
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Josh Matheny started competing collegiately for the Indiana Hoosiers in the autumn of 2021, where he won the 200 yard breaststroke at one of his first college double dual meets in October, against both the Kentucky Wildcats and the Indiana State Sycamores, with a time of 2:00.69.
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At the 2021 Ohio State Fall Invitational in November, Josh Matheny placed second in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:53.03 and third in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 52.24 seconds.
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At the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in late April, Josh Matheny ranked eighth and qualified for the final of the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:14.41 in the prelims heats on the morning of day two.
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Josh Matheny lowered his time to a 2:11.45 in the final to place sixth.
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Josh Matheny won the b-final with a time of 1:00.58.
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Josh Matheny competed in two individual events on day three, first placing twenty-sixth in the 400 yard individual medley with a 3:53.69, then winning the bronze medal in the 100 yard breaststroke with a personal best time of 51.50 seconds in the final.