Aaron Wells Pirsol ( born Aaron Wells Peirsol ; born July 23, 1983 , Irvine (California) ) is an American back swimmer and world record holder at distances of 100 and 200 meters on his back (on long water ). He participated in the 2000 , 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics , winning a total of seven medals.
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| Full name | Aaron Wells Pierce |
| A country |  USA |
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| Club | Longhorn aquatics |
| Date of Birth | July 23, 1983 (36 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Irvine California |
| Growth | 1.93 m |
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He was the most famous swimmer who won gold medals in backstroke at the Athens Olympics. Pirsol also won the world championships at a distance of 100 meters on a back in 2003, 2005 and 2007, and at a distance of 200 meters on a back in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2009.
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Biography
Piersol was born in Irvine , California . He swam as a student at the University of Texas at Austin. Piersall graduated from college in Newport Beach , California. Aaron and his sister Haley first started swimming in the NCMY team (Newport Costa Mesa YMCA). After leaving NCMY, Aaron began training in the Irwin Novakvatiks team in the city of Irwin. He trained with world record holders and gold medalists, including Garrett Weber-Gale , Jan Crocker , Brendan Hansen , and Neil Walker under the direction of Eddie Reese .
Swimming career
2000 Summer Olympics
At the age of 17, Piersall participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and finished behind Lenny Kreiselburg at a distance of 200 m on his back. Having won a silver medal, Pierce began to be considered by many as the successor of Kreiselburg. [one]
2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Piersall won gold at a distance of 100 and 200 meters on his back. Pirsol also won gold medals in the men's 4 Γ 100-meter relay with a world record [2] . During the final 200m swim, Piersol was disqualified. But due to βfailure of reasonsβ the disqualification was eventually canceled [3] . In turn, Piersol accused the Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima of using the illegal body movement as a butterfly 100 meters breaststroke, which gave him an advantage, including over the American Brendan Hansen , for two tenths of a second and allowed him to win a gold medal [ 4] .
World Championship 2007
In 2007, at the World Aquatics Championships, Piersol at a distance of 100 meters on his back stopped the stopwatch at 52.98 seconds, and thus became the first person to swim out of 53 seconds. At some point in the first 50 meters, the pier was a meter behind Ryan Lochte , but the last 25 meters was enough for the pier to get around Lochte at the finish. Piersol also won silver at a distance of 200 m on his back, and this was his first loss in this discipline since 2001.
2008 Summer Olympics
In the Beijing Olympics finals, Piersol won a gold medal at a distance of 100 meters on his back with a world record of 52.54 seconds. This was his fifth world record set at the Olympics. Pierce has been unbeatable at this distance since the spring of 2002. At a distance of 200 meters, Piersall took second place after Ryan Lochte, with whom he shared the world record at the Olympics. Lochte broke the world record in the final. Two days later, Piersol won the third gold medal in the men's 4 Γ 100-meter relay. Piersall, along with teammates Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps and Jason Lezac , set a new world record of β3 minutes 29.34 seconds, ahead of Australia's runner-up team by 0.7 seconds and 1.34 seconds faster than the result of the United States at the previous Olympics in Athens in 2004.
2009
At the national swimming championship, Piersol improved the world record for a distance of 100 m on his back for the sixth time - 51.94, the first of the men to swim in 52 seconds. Three days later, Piersol set a world record at a distance of 200 m on his back with a time of 1: 53.08. This is his sixth record in this discipline.
In 2009, at the World Aquatics Championships, Piersol surprised many by the fact that he was not able to reach the finals at a distance of 100 meters on his back. He attributed this failure to a miscalculation of his own position in the semifinals. In the final, at a distance of 200 m on his back, Piersol broke himself and won gold with a result of 1: 51.92 [5] . In the relay 4 Γ 100 m in the semifinals, Pirsol sailed his segment for 52.19, and the total time of the team was 3: 27.28 and this is a new world record. If Piersol reached the final at a distance of 100 m and showed the time as in the relay, he would have won a gold medal.
2011
In February 2011, Piersall announced his retirement.
Notes
- β Whicker, Mark (September 21, 2000). "Second to Krazelburg, Peirsol might be future of the backstroke." The Orange County Register. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5812170_ITM . Retrieved July 6, 2009.
- β Barry Svrluga (August 22, 2004). "US Stirs a Medley of Perfection." The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21510-2004Aug21.html . Retrieved August 3, 2009
- β Details of the scandal in the Olympic pool . NEWSru (August 20, 2004). Date of treatment August 14, 2010. Archived on April 9, 2012.
- β Americans accuse Japanese swimmer of breaking the rules, Around the World
- β "US swimmer Peirsol responds at worlds." The Associated Press. July 31, 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2009/07/31/sp-aquatics-men.html . Retrieved August 1, 2009.