1. Matthew Grevers was born on March 26,1985 and is a former American competition swimmer who competed in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist.
18 Facts About Matt Grevers
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Matt Grevers has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, twelve silver, and seven bronze spanning the Olympics, World Championships, and the Universiade.
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Matt Grevers won three individual NCAA titles during his time at Northwestern, and captured a fourth NCAA national championship with Northwestern's 400 medley relay team in 2007.
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Matt Grevers repeated as the winner of the NCAA 100 backstroke title in 2006, then captured a first in the 200 backstroke, becoming only the third swimmer in the history of the NCAA history to swim under a time of 1:40 in the event.
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Matt Grevers won an individual silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke in a time of 53.11-second, 0.57 of a second behind the winner, world record holder Aaron Peirsol.
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Matt Grevers competed in the 50-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in the final with a time of 22.09.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Matt Grevers won a total of three medals: two golds and one silver.
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Swimming the backstroke leg, Matt Grevers recorded a time of 52.58 seconds, and the US team went on to win with a time of 3:29.35.
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At the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Matt Grevers achieved a total of two medals: a gold and a silver.
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Matt Grevers did not make the 2016 Olympics Team as he finished third in the 100m backstroke.
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At the 2017 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for the 2017 World Championships in swimming, Matt Grevers won the 100-meter backstroke, ahead of the 2016 Olympic champion and 100-meter backstroke world record holder, Ryan Murphy, to qualify the World Championships later that year in Budapest.
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At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Matt Grevers placed second behind Xu Jiayu of China but ahead of Murphy in the 100-meter backstroke.
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Matt Grevers earned gold medals by swimming in the heats and finals of the US 4x100-meter medley and mixed medley relays, as well as a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 50-meter backstroke.
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Matt Grevers was inducted into the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012, and became a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in October, 2022.
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Matt Grevers considered representing the Netherlands and even spoke about it with Dutch swimming legend Pieter van den Hoogenband.
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Matt Grevers proposed to his wife, Annie Chandler, at the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday, February 11,2012.
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Matt Grevers announcing the birth of his second child with Annie, made Swimming World Biweekly as one of two family lifestyle articles printed, the other being the engagement of Caeleb Dressel to Meghan Dressel.
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Matt Grevers, who continued to train and attended the Olympic trials that year, was an Assistant volunteer coach at the University of Arizona, and worked for the DeMont Family Swim School, where he became a partner and co-owner in 2022 with Rick DeMont.