Matt Grevers (born March 26, 1985 in Lake Forest, Illinois) is a professional American swimmer. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Grevers attended Lake Forest High School and Northwestern University and swam for the Wildcats. He chose to attend Northwestern over Arizona, Texas, and California.
Both of Grevers' parents are from the Netherlands. Grevers considered representin...
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Matt Grevers (born March 26, 1985 in Lake Forest, Illinois) is a professional American swimmer. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Grevers attended Lake Forest High School and Northwestern University and swam for the Wildcats. He chose to attend Northwestern over Arizona, Texas, and California.
Both of Grevers' parents are from the Netherlands. Grevers considered representing the Netherlands and even spoke about it with Dutch swimming legend Pieter van den Hoogenband. Ultimately, he decided to represent the United States.
Grevers proposed to Annie Chandler at the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday 11 February 2012.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grevers won two gold medals by swimming in the preliminary heats of the 4x100 m freestyle relay and 4x100 m medley relay (backstroke), as the Americans went on to win the finals in those events and medals are awarded to participants at any step along the way. Grevers also won...
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