Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

specializing in the breaststroke. In 2019, he was named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year. At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the

2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 25–30, 2015, in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about ...

in Singapore, where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke. Whitley was named ''

Sports Illustrated Kids ''Sports Illustrated Kids'' (''SI Kids'', trademarked ''Sports Illustrated KIDS'', sometimes ''Sports Illustrated for Kids'') is a monthly spin-off of the weekly American sports magazine ''Sports Illustrated''. ''SI Kids'' was launched in January 1 ...

SportsKid of the Year "SportsKid of the Year" was introduced by Sports Illustrated magazine after the highly successful Sportsman of the Year Since its inception in 1954, ''Sports Illustrated'' has annually presented the Sportsman of the Year award to "the athlete o ...

for 2015.

Personal life

Whitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 2018. He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test. He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7, but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.

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California Golden Bears bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitley, Reece 2000 births Living people American male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania California Golden Bears men's swimmers William Penn Charter School alumni