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Zane Grothe (born April 22, 1992) is an American
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who specializes in distance and mid-distance
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events. He competed in the men's 400 meter freestyle event at the
2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.
. He currently represents the DC Trident which is part of the
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. He broke the American and U.S. Open records in the 500 yard and 1650 yard freestyle events at the 2017 USA Winter National Championships.


Early life

Zane Grothe was born April 22, 1992, in
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, as the son of Terry Grothe and Sy Grothe. Grothe attended Boulder City High School and swam for the Boulder City Henderson club team. In 2010, he finished third in the 500-yard
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(4:24.51) at the Southern California Swimming Grand Prix and fourth in the 1,650-yard
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at the 2008 USA Swimming Short Course Junior Championships. Grothe swam collegiately at
Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...
from 2010 to 2014.


College career

As a freshman, he finished fourth in the 1650-yard
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at SEC Championships. At the 2016 Men's NCAA Division I Championships Grothe finished sixth in the mile, and seventh in the 500-yard
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. He also swam the 200-yard
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, finishing 17th. As a sophomore, Grothe won the SEC title as part of the 800-yard
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relay. At the 2016 Men's NCAA Division I Championships he placed fourth in the 1,650 and 500-yard
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. He contributed to the 12th-place finish in the 800-yard
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relay and finished 14th in the 200-yard
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. During his junior year as an Auburn Tiger he won his first individual title in the 1,650-yard
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at the 2013 SEC Championships. At the 2016 Men's NCAA Division I Championships he finished seventh in the 500 and 12th in the 200-yard
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. He also placed 15th in the mile and was part of the 800-yard
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relay that finished 19th. As a senior, Grothe finished fifth in the 1,650-yard
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at the 2014 Men's NCAA Division I Championships. He placed 11th in the 500-yard
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and was part of a seventh-place finish in the 800-yard
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relay.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grothe, Zane 1992 births Living people People from Boulder City, Nevada Sportspeople from Nevada American male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Auburn Tigers men's swimmers Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American sportsmen