-Aaron Peirsol is from Irvine, California
-He swam for University of Texas for two years then turned pro. (but stayed and trained at UT)
-He owns the world record in 3 events (100, 200 backstroke, 4x100 medley relay)
-He is known to be one of the greatest backstrokers in the history
-US has always known to be one of the best backstroke countried. It is uncommon to see the top four of world rankings for backstroke to be US swimmers (but yes, only two people make it to the Olympics.
-Peirsol first made it to the Olympic at 17 years old in the 2000 Olympics winning a silver medal. He won the 2004 Olympics in both 100 and 200 backstroke.
-Since 2001, Peirsol had been undefeated in the 200 meter backstroke until Lochte broke the world record and beat him in 2007.
- He got the World record back at the 2008 US Olympic Trials… not really but tied with Lochte’s record and beat Lochte by 2/100 of a second - the length of two fingernails.
-It’s exciting to see whose going to win the backstroke. Is Peirsol going to claim the backstroke title? Or is it the underdog Lochte going to win
-Perisol is also a surfer
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