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Matthew Grevers
Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is an American competition Swimming (sport), swimmer who competes in the backstroke and freestyle swimming, freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, twelve silver, and seven bronze spanning the Olympics, FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Championships, and the Universiade. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grevers won gold medals as a member of the U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relays, and a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×100-meter medley relay, and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Swimming career At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Grevers won two gold medals by swimming in the preliminary heats of the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,367. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices. History Early History The Potawatomi inhabited Lake County before the United States Federal Government forced them out in 1836 as part of Indian Removal of tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River. As Lake Forest was first developed in 1857, the planners laid roads that would provide limited access to the city in an effort to prevent outside traffic and isolate the tranquil settlement from neighboring areas. Though the town is cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. Four years after winning the silver medal in this event, the French men's team won gold for the first time as they edged out the Americans and the Australians with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Yannick Agnel. Trailing behind by 0.55 seconds at the final exchange, Agnel blistered the field with a remarkable split of 46.74 to deliver the foursome of Amaury Leveaux (48.13), Fabien Gilot (47.67), and Clément Lefert (47.39) a gold-medal time in 3:09.93. Meanwhile, the U.S. team of Nathan Adrian (47.89), Michael Phelps (47.15), and Cullen Jones (47.60) handed Ryan Lochte the anchor duties to maintain their lead, but Lochte's split of 47.74 was just a full second behind Agnel's anchor that sealed a stunning triumph for the French, leaving the U.S. with a silver medal in 3:10.38. With the second-place finish, Phelps also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 Metre Backstroke
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ... was held on 8 August with the heats and the semifinals and 9 August with the final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 09:54. Swim-off It was established that there would be a swim-off between the Brazilian Guilherme Guido and the Spanish Miguel Ortiz. However Guido chose not to swim the race, preferring to rest and focus on the 4 × 100 medley relay. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 8 August at 18.45. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 9 August at 16:32. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 Metre Backstroke ...
The men's 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 3–4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 10:18. Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19.15. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 18:02. References External linksBarcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50 metre backstroke Backstroke 0050 metre, men's World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 Metre Mixed Medley Relay ...
The 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 26 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition Results Heats The heats were held at 10:52. Final The final was held at 19:19. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships - 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 30 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 10:27. Final The final was held at 19:25. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships was held from 23 to 30 July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. Schedule 42 events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' M = Morning session (starting at 09:30), E = Evening session (starting at 17:30) Medal summary Medal table Host nation Men Women Mixed Records The following world In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ..., championship, and area records were broken during the competition. World records Championship records National records References External links Official website {{World championships in 2017 Swimming Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships World Aquatics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ... was held on 9 August with the heats and final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 10:27. Final The final was held at 19:07. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes (near 5,500), countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also. Competitions were held in six sports (swimming, open water swimming, diving and high diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo) in three main competition venues. The new FINA High Diving discipline has been presented on the XX FINA Technical Congress and has been officially included to the FINA World Aquatics Championships program starting from the 15th FINA World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Backstroke ...
The men's 100 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29–30 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 10:14. Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:18. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 19:06. References External linksBarcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre backstroke Backstroke 0100 metre, men's World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, |
Swimming At The 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2 August 2009 at the Foro Italico Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti. Inspired by ... in Rome, Italy. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats Final External linksHeats Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
