Hometown: Irvine
School: Texas
Club: Longhorn Aquatics
Birthdate: July 23, 1983
Events: 100 and 200-meter backstroke
Related stories:
- 8/14/08 – Peirsol may miss gold, but he’s first class all the way
- 8/14/08 – Peirsol gets silver, misses Olympic backstroke sweep
- 8/14/08 – Miller column: Peirsol may miss gold, but he’s first class all the way
- 8/13/08 – Victory laps and losses for local Olympians
- 8/12/08 – Olympics blog: O.C.’s Peirsol and Lezak play role in Grevers’ silver
- 8/11/08 – Miller column: Historic performance by humble Peirsol
- 8/11/08 – Peirsol is backstroke champ; Phelps gets third gold
- 8/10/08 – Peirsol wins Olympic 100 backstroke heat
- 8/10/08 – Grevers breaks Peirsol’s Olympic record
- 8/6/08 – Olympics blog: Nike or Speedo? Peirsol still uncertain
- 7/4/08 – Beard, Peirsol headed to Olympics
- 8/2/08 – Peirsol armed with the look of a champion
Internationalexperience:
- 2004 Olympic Games, gold medals, 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, 400-meter medley relay
- 2000 Olympic Games, silver medal, 200 backstroke;
- 2007 World Championships, gold medal, 100 backstroke; silver medal, 200 backstroke
- 2005 World Championships, gold medals, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 400 medley relay
- 2003 World Championships, gold medals, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 400 medley relay
- 2001 World Championships, gold medal, 200 backstroke.
Notable:
- The Newport Harbor High graduate has set 10 long course world records: four in the 200 backstroke, three each in the 100 back and 400 medley relay
- Only person to swim under 53 seconds in the 100 back
- Spokesman for the environmental group Oceana.
Medals:
Silver- 200-meter backstroke
