Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Dynamo Swim Club [USA] / TXLA [USA]: |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Business Management - University of Georgia: Athens, GA, USA |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
His parents Steve and Missy competed in athletics at collegiate level in the United States of America. (usaswimming.org, 01 Jul 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"I wasn't good at any other sports. I just thought I was just doing it [swimming] for fun." |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age three. "I ended up at Dynamo Swim Club [in Atlanta, GA, United States of America]. I've swum there since I was 11 years old." |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Gunny Bunny (redandblack.com, 10 Aug 2016) |
Other information |
SUSPENSION
In September 2016 he was banned from the national team for four months by USA Swimming and the United States Olympic Committee [USOC] for breaching both organisations' code of conduct at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He and his teammates Jimmy Feigen, Ryan Lochte, and Jack Conger were involved in an incident at a petrol station in the city during a night out. "I fully accept the punishment for my involvement in this matter. I have learned a valuable life lesson." (Twitter profile, 09 Sep 2016; bbc.com, 08 Sep 2016; bbc.com, 21 Aug 2016) |
Further Personal Information |
Other names |
Gunnar Bentz |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
American college football. (isl.global, 2019) |
Most influential person in career |
Coaches Jack Bauerle and Eddie Reese. (Instagram profile, 08 Sep 2021) |
