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| Josh
PRENOT |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
United States
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 28 Jul 1993
in Sedalia, MO, USA |
| Height | 1.81 m |
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General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmers Brendan Hansen and Lenny Krayzelburg. (digitaljournal.com, 10 Apr 2020; olympics.nbcsports.com, 28 Nov 2018) |
Awards and honours |
In 2013, during his collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley, he was named the Pac-12 Conference Newcomer of the Year. (calbears.com, 01 Aug 2016) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Tiffany Sudarma |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"A healthy level of stubbornness has got to be part of my success. Something that has helped me is being very internally motivated. Swimming is a sport where you control your own outcome. What you put into it controls what you get out of it. You don't have any impact on your opponents' performance. I definitely want to make sure that my goals in sport are about me and achieving my potential. Being the best in the world or winning a competition are out of my control. I can only control putting my best into it and doing the best I can." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 21 Aug 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Berkeley, CA, USA |
General Interest |
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs |
He uses a diary to analyse his performances and correct his mistakes. "Sometimes what you're feeling in the pool can be different than what you're actually doing on video. So if you write down something that felt good or felt bad in a certain performance, you have something to refer to when you're looking to fix something. It's a very fulfilling self-improvement process that I do every time I swim." (olympics.com, 31 Oct 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Physics - University of California, Berkeley: United States |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
At age 13 he was training in both swimming and baseball, but his father told him he needed to choose one sport if he wanted to excel in it. "Baseball and swimming were the two sports left where I was having fun and some level of success. I figured out that I had long-term goals in swimming whereas baseball was just for fun. So I stuck with swimming." |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He first got in the water at six months old at Santa Maria Swim Club in California, United States of America, when he and his mother Tammy began attending mother and child swim lessons together. He started competing at age six. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Analyst |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Other information |
BREAK
In June 2021 he announced his decision to take a break from competitive sport after missing out on qualification for the 200m breaststroke at the 2020 US Olympic Trials. "Not taking my name off the anti doping list just yet but also definitely not racing for the next year at least. We'll see if I forget how much I currently hate it and end up missing it at some point." (espn.com, 17 Jun 2021; Twitter profile, 16 Jun 2021)
POST-OLYMPIC BLUES
He decided to take a break from the sport after winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. After returning he missed out on a spot for the US team for the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, a setback that taught him not to take good form for granted. "Swimming's hard, really hard. It's not only hard to improve, but it's hard to maintain. This is something that I think I've gotten better at over the course of my career. I really struggled for that year. I'm not very good after I take a break from swimming. I'm a guy who likes to touch the water every day to maintain that feel. I definitely think I lost that fire for a little bit." (olympics.com, 31 Oct 2020)
MILITARY UPBRINGING
His parents, Bill and Tammy, moved to California when Bill, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force, was transferred to the Vandenberg Space Force Base. Josh was home schooled while growing up and did not swim for a high school team. Instead, he competed on behalf of the Santa Maria Swim Club in California, and attributes his strong work ethic to his military upbringing. "It was pretty cool. It's a really tight-knit community [on the base], as everyone's more or less got the same job or the same purpose. All the kids know each other and you've got sports leagues. I definitely learnt time management, punctuality, and accountability." (olympics.com, 31 Oct 2020; swimswam.com, 30 Jun 2016; dailycal.org, 15 Oct 2015)
OCCUPATION
He has worked as an intern in the insights and analytics team of LA28, the organisers of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Feb 2021) |
Hobbies |
Cycling, photography. (vsco.co, 27 Oct 2021; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 21 Aug 2020) |
Injuries |
In early 2018 he suffered a shoulder injury. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 28 Nov 2018) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (World Sport YouTube channel, 07 Dec 2018) |
Famous relatives |
His wife Tiffany Sudarma has represented Indonesia in swimming, including at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Oct 2019; Tiffany Sudarma Instagram profile, 04 Oct 2018) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
200m Breaststroke |
2:07.53 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
200m Breaststroke |
2:08.77 |
World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:03.12 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:52.69 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:01.94 |
| 5 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:03.96 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:52.91 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
DSQ |
World Cup Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2016 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:05.62 |
| 7 |
2016 |
Beijing, CHN |
50m Butterfly |
23.57 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Beijing, CHN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:07.29 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
59.06 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:53.54 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Doha, QAT |
200m Breaststroke |
2:06.90 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Doha, QAT |
400m Individual Medley |
4:05.67 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Butterfly |
51.48 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Doha, QAT |
200m Individual Medley |
1:54.65 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Dubai, UAE |
200m Breaststroke |
2:05.66 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Dubai, UAE |
50m Butterfly |
23.46 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Dubai, UAE |
400m Individual Medley |
4:07.29 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Dubai, UAE |
100m Butterfly |
51.17 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Dubai, UAE |
200m Individual Medley |
1:53.90 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:05.45 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:06.23 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
100m Butterfly |
51.25 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:53.63 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:33.66 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Hong Kong, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:42.48 |
| 5 |
2016 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Individual Medley |
52.68 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Singapore, SGP |
50m Butterfly |
23.49 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Individual Medley |
1:54.19 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Singapore, SGP |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:43.64 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Singapore, SGP |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:35.30 |
| 5 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Individual Medley |
52.80 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:05.10 |
| 3 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Individual Medley |
1:53.85 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:41.02 |
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