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| Jack
CONGER |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
United States
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 26 Sep 1994
in Rockville, MD, USA |
| Height | 1.94 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Charlottesville, VA, USA |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Christiansburg Aquatic Center: United States |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Communications - University of Texas at Austin: United States |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He was inspired to pursue swimming after watching US swimmer Michael Phelps win eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He had initially learned to swim for safety reasons. "I went on vacation to North Carolina with my family. My mother was always afraid I would drown. I was always so excited watching the fishermen bring in their catch, and was just always close to the water. I learned to swim shortly after that." |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmers Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol. (swimswam.com, 02 Jul 2016; washingtonpost.com, 14 Apr 2016) |
Awards and honours |
He was named the 2013 Swimming World Magazine National High School Swimmer of the Year in the United States of America. (texassports.com, 01 Aug 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Sergio Lopez [club] |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He learned how to swim at age four and began training in the sport at Rockville Montgomery Swim Club in Rockville, MD, United States of America. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Other information |
SUSPENSION
In September 2016 he was banned from the sport 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 teammates Jimmy Feigen, Ryan Lochte and Joseph Bentz were filmed on closed-circuit television [CCTV] vandalising a petrol station in the city during a night out. Feigen and Bentz also received four-month bans but Lochte was suspended for 10 months after initially falsely claiming the quartet had been robbed at gunpoint. (bbc.com, 08 Sep 2016, 21 Aug 2016) |
Hobbies |
Watching television, crossword puzzles, walking, playing golf. (hookem.com, 29 Mar 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Partner Lexy Brown |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 1 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
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World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Butterfly |
51.91 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
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| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Butterfly |
1:54.88 |
| 3 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:03.18 |
World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 7 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Butterfly |
50.32 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
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| 1 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 1 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:21.80 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
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