Lauren Perdue (born June 25, 1991) is an American competitive

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who specializes in

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events. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the

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. Perdue was born in

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, and attended

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. She swam for the Greenville Swim Club under head coach Casey Charles from 1999 to 2009. At the 2009 USA Swimming Long Course Junior National Championships, Perdue won her first championship in the 200-meter freestyle (1:59.09). Perdue attended the

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, and swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition from 2009 to 2012.VirginiaSports.com, Women's Swimming & Diving, 2011–12 Roster
Lauren Perdue
. Retrieved July 14, 2012. As a Cavalier swimmer, she won nineteen

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(ACC) championships, received sixteen

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honors, and was named the ACC Swimmer of the Year and ACC Swimmer of the Championships in 2010, 2011, and 2013. Lauren broke her back in 2012 and underwent back surgery only 3 months before the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying event for the Olympics, Perdue finished fourth place in the 200-meter freestyle, and earned a spot on the U.S. relay team in the 4×200-meter freestyle event as a result. At the

in London, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

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Lauren Perdue – University of Virginia athlete profile at VirginiaSports.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perdue, Lauren 1991 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Charlottesville, Virginia Sportspeople from Greenville, North Carolina Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Virginia Cavaliers women's swimmers 21st-century American sportswomen

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