Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian was born on December 7,1988 and is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event.
44 Facts About Nathan Adrian
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Nathan Adrian has won thirty-two medals in major international competitions; twenty gold, seven silver, and five bronze in such competitions as the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Aquatics Championships, and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
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Nathan Adrian was an individual bronze medalist in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyles.
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Nathan Adrian is the son of Cecilia and James Adrian.
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Nathan Adrian's mother is Chinese from Hong Kong and works as a nurse for the Bremerton school district; his father is a retired nuclear engineer for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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Nathan Adrian has an older sister, Donella, who swam at Arizona State University, and an older brother, Justin, who swam at the University of Washington.
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Nathan Adrian started swimming at the age of five because of the influence of his siblings.
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Nathan Adrian graduated in 2006 from Bremerton High School, where he swam for the school team.
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Nathan Adrian attended at the University of California, Berkeley in fall 2006, where he majored in public health.
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Nathan Adrian graduated with honors in the spring of 2012.
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Nathan Adrian was a five-time individual NCAA champion, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 2009 and 2011 and the 100-yard freestyle in 2009,2010, and 2011.
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Nathan Adrian was training under coach Mike Bottom in the Florida Keys as part of The Race Club swimming training program World Team leading up to the 2008 Olympics.
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At the 2009 National Championships, Nathan Adrian placed first in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events, qualifying him to swim at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.
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Nathan Adrian placed sixth in the 50-meter freestyle and tenth in the 100-meter freestyle.
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At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Nathan Adrian won a total of four gold medals, the best performance of his career.
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Swimming the freestyle leg, Nathan Adrian recorded a time of 47.54, the fastest in the field and the US team won the gold in a time of 3:32.48.
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Swimming the anchor leg, Nathan Adrian recorded a time of 47.40.
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Swimming the freestyle leg, Nathan Adrian had a time of 47.64.
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At the 2011 National Championships, Nathan Adrian defended his 50-meter freestyle title with a time of 21.84 seconds.
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Nathan Adrian's time moved him to fourth in the world behind Cesar Cielo, Bruno Fratus, and Frederick Bousquet.
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Nathan Adrian chose to sit out of the 100-meter freestyle in order to prepare for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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At the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Nathan Adrian made the US Olympic team for the second time by finishing first in his first event, the 100-meter freestyle.
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Nathan Adrian placed third for the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.68, just missing a spot in that event.
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Swimming the lead-off leg, Nathan Adrian recorded a split of 47.89 seconds, and the team finished with a final time of 3:10.38.
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In winning the 100-meter freestyle, Nathan Adrian became the first American male to win the event since Matt Biondi did in 1988.
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Swimming the lead-off leg, Nathan Adrian recorded a split of 47.95 seconds, and the team finished with a final time of 3:11.42.
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Nonetheless, Nathan Adrian bounced back to break a six-year old American record in the 50-meter freestyle in 21.37 seconds in the semifinals.
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Nathan Adrian won another gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay with Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, and Tom Shields.
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Nathan Adrian anchored in 47.41 to touch the wall at 3:29.93.
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Nathan Adrian finished half a second ahead of the field in the 100-meter freestyle in 47.72.
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In Rio de Janeiro, Nathan Adrian won a total of four medals.
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Nathan Adrian won another bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle, finishing in 21.49 seconds.
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Nathan Adrian capped off his Olympics with another gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay on the final day of the competition, swimming alongside Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, and Michael Phelps.
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Nathan Adrian anchored the relay with a 46.74 split to bring home the gold in 3:27.95, a new Olympic record.
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At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships during August 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, Nathan Adrian won a gold medal as part of the USA men's relay in the 4x100-meter medley relay event swimming a 47.71 on the freestyle leg of the relay.
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Nathan Adrian won a gold medal in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay, swimming a 47.08 as the anchoring leg of the USA's relay.
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Nathan Adrian competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in August 2019.
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Nathan Adrian entered to swim two individual events at the 2020 US Olympic Trials, the 100-meter freestyle and 50-meter freestyle.
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Nathan Adrian finished third in the final on day eight, not qualifying to swim the 50 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics with his time of 21.73.
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Nathan Adrian had hoped to culminate his overcoming testicular cancer journey by competing in his fourth Olympic Games.
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In May 2017, Nathan Adrian became engaged to merchandising director Hallie Ivester after six years of dating.
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In January 2019, Nathan Adrian announced on Instagram that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, for which he underwent surgery.
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Nathan Adrian appeared in episode 5 of the 2009 season of the Discovery Channel series, MythBusters, to assist hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in testing the myth that it is possible to swim as fast in syrup as in water.
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In 2014, Nathan Adrian was inducted into The Robert Chinn Foundation Asian Hall of Fame.