Carson Foster (born October 26, 2001) is an American competitive

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. He is a three-time gold medalist at the 2019 World Junior Championships and a two-time silver medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships. He also represented the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in 2018.

Early life

When Foster was 10 years old he broke the National Age Group record in the 50-yard butterfly for the 10 and under age group, his swim of 29.91 seconds made him the youngest American to swim the race in less than 30 seconds.Keith, Braden (July 21, 2012)
"Carson Foster Becomes Youngest Swimmer To Ever Break 30 Seconds in 50 Fly"
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International career

2016 US Olympic Trials

Foster competed at the 2016 US Olympic Trials in

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in the 400-meter individual medley where he finished ranked 43rd overall in the preliminaries."2016 Olympic Trials Results"
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2020 US Olympic Trials

At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in

, Foster ranked eighth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.67.

(June 15, 2021)
"2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved June 16, 2021. He also ranked third in the 400-meter individual medley.

College career

Foster is currently enrolled at the

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where he represents the

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* * 2001 births Living people Swimmers from Cincinnati American male backstroke swimmers American male butterfly swimmers American male freestyle swimmers American male medley swimmers Texas Longhorns men's swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-bio-stub