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Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two silver). Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke event (long course).
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- University of Texas
- 201 lb (91 kg)
- United States
1 de ene. de 2024 · I spoke with Aaron, who connected from Hawaii at 7 a.m., which was 7 p.m. for me, in Italy. The interview has been a continuous flow, a kind of therapeutic session on what has been, what will be ...
Born on 23 July 1983 in Irvine, California, Aaron Peirsol was only 15 when he became the youngest American swimmer in history to break the two-minute mark in the 200m backstroke. At the age of 16 he appeared at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he won his first medal, a silver, over the same distance, an achievement that he celebrated by having ...
July 11, 2009. Aaron Peirsol takes down Ryan Lochte's 200 backstroke world record going 1:53.08. Lochte's previous WR of 1:53.94 was set at the Beijing Olympics. Peirsol would go on to demolish ...
28 de jul. de 2020 · Milo recalls an interesting story from that night: as he was walking to the ready room for the final of the 100 fly, he sees his childhood friend, Aaron Peirsol. Peirsol had won a gold medal...
00:00. 00:00. “Basically you have a love affair with that task and you find yourself in it: it’s meditation. And that’s what water, ever since I was a kid, was for me…it was always a matter of trying to see how deep my relationship could be with the water.”. Aaron Peirsol.
Peirsol won the backstroke double (100 and 200 m) at the 2004 Olympics, as well as the 2003 and 2005 World Championships, adding golds in the medley relay each time. Peirsol’s second gold in Athens, in the 200 m, was won with an overwhelming 2.5 second margin over second-placed Markus Rogan. However, when the results popped onto the screen ...
