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| Andrew
WILSON |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
United States
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 16 Sep 1993
in London, ENG |
| Height | 1.83 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
University of Oxford: England |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Mathematics, Physics - Emory University: Atlanta, GA, USA |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Formula 1, cars, supporting the Washington Capitals NHL ice hockey team, watching American football, listening to music. (Twitter profile, 08 May 2021; swimswam.com, 01 Sep 2019) |
Famous relatives |
His mother was a collegiate gymnast for Yale University in New Haven, CT, United States of America. His sister Jenny was a collegiate swimmer for Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, United States of America. (swimswam.com, 01 Sep 2019; washingtonpost.com, 15 May 2016) |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Eddie Reese. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 08 Jul 2019) |
Ambitions |
He aspires to work in Formula 1 motorsport. (news.emory.edu, 20 Jul 2021) |
Awards and honours |
In 2015 and 2017, while representing Emory University, he was named College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year in the United States of America. (news.emory.edu, 20 Jul 2021; cscaa.org, 01 Jun 2021; emoryathletics.com, 20 Mar 2017) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up swimming as a child at Kenwood Golf and Country Club in Bethesda, MD, United States of America. While at school, he also played lacrosse and water polo. "Growing up, I was more focused on lacrosse. I didn't think of myself as a swimmer first - it was just kind of what I did in the summer." |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
Languages |
English, German |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"People should never put a limit on their dreams." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 08 Jul 2019) |
Other information |
ENGLISH STUDY MOVE
In 2021 he started studying for a master's degree in mathematical modelling and scientific computing at the University of Oxford in England. He was set to start in 2020 but deferred his studies for a year following the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I'm really excited to get back into an academic environment. It's something I've missed and craved for the past couple of years [speaking in 2021]. I'm also really excited to experience living abroad. I'm going to learn a lot culturally in addition to in the classroom. I'm just excited to start the rest of my life. There's more to life than swimming, and I'm finally going to see what that is." He says his interest in motorsport led him to choose to study in Oxford, close to where a number of Formula 1 teams are based. "Geographically, Oxford is in teams' backyards, so there's just more networking opportunities. I think it would be a great way to combine my academic side with my competitive athletic side, because when my body is no longer able to compete, I can still use my mind." (swimswam.com, 13 Nov 2021, 20 Nov 2020; LinkedIn profile, 08 Mar 2021; SwimSwam YouTube channel, 20 Nov 2020)
A DIFFERENT PATH
Unlike most US national team swimmers, he did not compete at NCAA Division I level, choosing Emory University, a Division III programme. "I looked at a couple of Division III schools and Emory was what I liked. My main focus was school at that point. I loved the school, but also the swim programme." He credits training with Eddie Reese, head coach at the University of Texas at Austin, for his improvement during his college years, after taking a year out from his studies to train for the 2016 US Olympic Trials following a summer training programme. "I talked with Eddie and liked the programme. In Division III, your coach can't train you out of season, and I was looking to train with another college programme in the summer. In the summer of 2015 when I went 59.6s [100m breaststroke] for the first time was when I realised it was pretty real now. I probably don't look back on it as much as I should. Every once in a while, a kid will come up to me and tell me they are a Division III swimmer. I always love that. Division III might not be as fast as Division I, but the kids are still working just as hard and putting in a lot of time." (news.emory.edu, 20 Jul 2021; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 08 Jul 2019)
FROM ENGLAND TO THE UNITED STATES
He was born in London, England, and moved to Bethesda, MD, United States of America with his family at age three. (bethesdamagazine.com, 09 Jul 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He did not swim in a year-round swimming league until he started his collegiate career at Emory University. "I was probably the worst one on the team when I showed up. I basically had to argue my way onto the team. I was not very fast at all out of high school." |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 6 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
58.99 |
| 17 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:09.97 |
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2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 5 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:40.58 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 6 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
200m Breaststroke |
2:08.10 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
50m Breaststroke |
DNS |
| 6 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Breaststroke |
59.11 |
| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:28.45 |
| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:04.02 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
50m Breaststroke |
26.58 |
| 8 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
57.19 |
| 1 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:19.98 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
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World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2019 |
Jinan, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
59.56 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Jinan, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:08.24 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Breaststroke |
58.93 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Singapore, SGP |
50m Breaststroke |
27.49 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Breaststroke |
2:09.11 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
59.02 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:07.77 |
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