Alyssa Jean Anderson (born September 30, 1990) is an American competition

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and Olympic gold medalist who represented the United States at the

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Personal

Anderson was born in Santa Clara, California but grew up in

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. She attended the

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, where she swam for coach Frank Busch's

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women's swim team in

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(NCAA) competition from 2008 to 2012. Anderson's younger sister, Haley, is also a swimmer and competed with her at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

Career

At the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Anderson won silver medals in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle. At the 2009 U.S. Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed fourth in the 200-meter freestyle, earning a place on the U.S. 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994 World Aq ...

in Rome. In Rome, Anderson swam the third leg of the relay preliminaries and split 1:58.35. The U.S. team advanced to the final and won the silver medal. At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Anderson made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:58.40,OmegaTiming.com, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming
Women's 200m Freestyle (final)
Retrieved July 15, 2012. which qualified her to swim in the 4x200-meter freestyle as a member of the U.S. relay team. At the

in London, she swam for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay and earned a gold medal. Anderson's sister, Haley, won a silver medal in the 10-kilometer open water marathon at the 2012 Olympics.

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Career

Personal bests (long course)

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