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| Nathan
ADRIAN |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
United States
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 07 Dec 1988
in Bremerton, WA, USA |
| Height | 1.96 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
AC Swim Club: San Rafael, CA, USA |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Health Studies - University of California, Berkeley: United States |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
His older brother Justin competed in swimming for the University of Washington in the United States of America, while his older sister Donella swam for Arizona State University. His wife Hallie competed in diving at collegiate level for Stanford University. (usmagazine.com, 13 Aug 2016; calbears.com, 26 Nov 2009; gostanford.com, 15 Feb 2008) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He took up swimming after his siblings and friends started lessons. He enjoys the sport because there is always room for improvement. "There is no better feeling than to go a best time. Plus, my parents were adamant that me and my siblings took a water safety course as kids to learn to swim." |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
In 2016 he received the Golden Goggles Award from the USA Swimming Foundation. (fina.org, 22 Nov 2016; calbears.com, 26 Nov 2009)
In 2014 he was inducted into the Robert Chinn Foundation Asian Hall of Fame. (usaswimming.org, 22 Jun 2020)
A street in his birthplace of Bremerton, WA, United States of America, was renamed Nathan Adrian Drive in recognition of his success at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (swimswam.com, 29 Apr 2015)
He was named the 2011 Swimmer of the Year by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association [CSCAA] in the United States of America. (calbears.com, 08 Nov 2021)
In 2009 and 2011, while studying at the University of California, Berkeley, he was named Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year. (calbears.com, 08 Nov 2021, 26 Nov 2009) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age two and entered his first competition at age five. He has flat feet, which affected the type of sports he was able to participate in as a youngster. "Unfortunately for me, whenever I had to do land sports I wasn't that good, I wasn't that efficient at running. And for jumping, it's kind of the same thing - I had to transfer a lot of energy. So, as far as swimming was concerned, it chose me." |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Business Owner, Coach |
Residence |
Berkeley, CA, USA |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Gary Hall Jr. (teamusa.org, 07 Jan 2013) |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"I like the idea of 'stronger together', and in swimming there is that interesting paradigm of it being thought of as this individual sport. But there is nothing that gets you through a tough training day like having a teammate there to go through it together with. And you're racing them. And maybe while you're racing them, you don't have such nice thoughts about them. You want to beat them. You want to make them regret the day they even thought they could compete against you. But when we get out of the water I want to give him a hug." (olympics.com, 25 Jul 2020) |
Other information |
CANCER DIAGNOSIS
In January 2019 he announced that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer. He underwent two operations, and in May 2019 he announced that he had recovered and was returning to competition. He spent two weeks out of the pool after his surgery, and said it was probably his longest break from swimming since he was age five. "I'm very grateful to be racing. It beats the heck out of being home, waiting for test results, waiting for another surgery." (omaha.com, 16 Jun 2021; olympics.nbcsports.com, 11 Apr 2021; olympicchannel.com, 21 Jul 2019; mundodeportivo.com, 14 May 2019; olympics.nbcsports.com, 24 Jan 2019)
SURGERY RECOVERY
Following the operations he underwent for testicular cancer in 2019, he had to retrain a number of skills in the pool. "In some ways, I'm kind of relearning how to swim. I have five locations in my abdomen where doctors had to cut through muscle, fascia, all that stuff. My coordination is awful. My muscle firing patterns are not where they need to be. The connectivity from my kick to my arms isn't where it needs to be. That was a major asset for me before this, and now I have to work to get it back. From the outside, I might look largely the same, but it feels very, very different. Turns, trying to be explosive, that's definitely where it took away the most. You develop all sorts of weird compensation patterns. Now I have to be much more cognisant about each and every movement to relearn it, which is almost like an opportunity." (FINA World Aquatics Magazine, 02 May 2019)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2019 he and fellow swimmer Will Copeland purchased the AC Swim Club in San Rafael, CA, United States of America. "In the 2018/2019, winter, during the cancer issue, basically Will had been looking around, and said, 'Look at this, there's an opportunity here. I jumped at it because certainly staying in the world of swimming was something that I knew I wanted to do. But with something like investing and buying a plot of land with a pool on it, that's not something that's ever going to come with perfect timing. So, you just got to make it work, make it happen." (Twitter profile, 09 Sep 2021; SwimSwam YouTube channel, 31 Aug 2021; blog.speedo.com, 01 Mar 2021; LinkedIn profile, 12 Jan 2021; swimswam.com, 20 May 2020; acswimclub.com, 01 Apr 2019) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Hallie, daughter Parker [2021] |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Spending time with friends, jet skiing, boating, dirt biking. (usaswimming.org, 01 Jul 2019) |
Injuries |
In 2020 he suffered from shoulder and core pain. (usaswimming.org, 13 Apr 2021)
In 2019 he underwent two operations for testicular cancer. He returned to competition in May that year. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 15 May 2019)
In early 2015 he was troubled by a shoulder injury. (seattletimes.com, 24 Jun 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Training Regime |
He swims from Monday through Saturday, has a weightlifting session once a week and ends the week with a recovery session day. His favourite training drill is the single-arm freestyle. "You can work on pretty much every aspect of your stroke in this way." |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
50m Freestyle |
21.49 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
100m Freestyle |
47.85 |
| 1 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:09.92 |
| 1 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 1 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
100m Freestyle |
47.52 |
| 2 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:10.38 |
| 1 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:29.35 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Beijing, CHN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 1 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:09.06 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:28.45 |
| 2 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Freestyle |
47.87 |
| Semifinal |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Freestyle |
21.83 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:19.60 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:10.06 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:27.91 |
| 2 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
50m Freestyle |
21.52 |
| 7 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
100m Freestyle |
48.31 |
| 1 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:23.05 |
| 1 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:29.93 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
100m Freestyle |
47.84 |
| 4 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
50m Freestyle |
21.60 |
| 2 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.42 |
| 8 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
DSQ |
| 6 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
100m Freestyle |
48.23 |
| 4 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
50m Freestyle |
21.93 |
| 1 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:32.06 |
| 3 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.96 |
| Semifinal |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
100m Freestyle |
48.13 |
| 6 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
50m Freestyle |
21.49 |
| 1 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:09.21 |
| 1 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2010 |
Dubai, UAE |
50m Freestyle |
21.35 |
| 6 |
2010 |
Dubai, UAE |
100m Freestyle |
46.44 |
| 4 |
2010 |
Dubai, UAE |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:06.10 |
| 2 |
2008 |
Manchester, ENG |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:24.38 |
| Heats |
2008 |
Manchester, ENG |
200m Freestyle |
1:47.38 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Manchester, ENG |
100m Freestyle |
46.67 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Manchester, ENG |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:08.44 |
Pan American Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
100m Freestyle |
48.17 |
| 2 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
50m Freestyle |
21.87 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:24.84 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:30.25 |
| Final |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:14.94 |
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