Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American backstroke swimmer and world record holder for the 100 and 200 m backstroke (long course). He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals. Peirsol is widely considered one of the greatest backstroke swimmers in history.
Peirsol is best known for sweeping the gold medals in the backstroke at the Athens games. He h...
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Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American backstroke swimmer and world record holder for the 100 and 200 m backstroke (long course). He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals. Peirsol is widely considered one of the greatest backstroke swimmers in history.
Peirsol is best known for sweeping the gold medals in the backstroke at the Athens games. He has also won world championship titles in the 100 m backstroke in 2003, 2005 and 2007, and 200 m backstroke titles in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2009.
Peirsol was born in Irvine, California. He swam collegiately at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an alumnus of Newport Harbor High School. Aaron and his sister's (Hayley) first swim team was at the NCMY (Newport Costa Mesa YMCA). After leaving NCMY, he trained with the Irvine Novaquatics. Peirsol trains under the guidance of Eddie Reese.
At the age of 17, Peirsol competed in the 2000 Summer...
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