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All Names of USA Swimmers[]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Olympic_swimmers_of_the_United_States&until=Obrien%2C+Mike


Background[]

  • United States (also known as USA) Flag of the United States has about 250,000 swimmers in 2008.
  • United States (also known as USA) Flag of the United States Swim Trials had about 1,250 participants, or one-half of one percent of the swimmers who are members of USA Swimming.
  • Only 52 swimmers can be on the USA Olympic Swim Team
  • In 2014, USA Swimming had 339,903 year-round athletes, 27,683 summer-only swimmers, nearly 3,000 teams and 36,521 adult/non-athlete members. File:Statistics-2014.pdf
    • Average clubs size is 140 swimmers.
    • For every 10 athletes, there is one non-athlete member, such as coaches, officials, board members, parents and other individuals who do not swim.
      • Allegheny Mountain LSC has 3,540 year-round athlete members in 2015.

Details[]

Number of year round registered teams in USA Swimming[]

  • 2007 2,652
  • 2008 2,660
  • 2009 2,643
  • 2010 2,710
  • 2011 2,763
  • 2012 2,829
  • 2013 2,871
  • 2014 2,929
  • 2015 2,933
  • 2016 2,967
  • 2017 2,979

People[]

USA Swimming Contacts:[]

  • Jamie Fabos -Credentials, Interview requests

719-235-8051 / jfabos@usaswimming.org

  • Karen Linhart -Credentials, Interview requests

719-440-2424 / klinhart@usaswimming.org

719-244-4008 / jrusnak@usaswimming.org

  • Erin Greene -Hometown Media Center, Photo / Flash Quote Needs

850-445-2524 / egreene@usaswimming.org

2012 Olympic Results[]

GOLD MEDALS (14)[]

SILVER MEDALS (8)[]

BRONZE MEDALS (6)[]

Not too shabby - The number of individual gold medalists is what is most impressive when comparing the last three Olympics, 2008, 2004, 2000.

In 2004, Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Beard were the only United States (also known as USA) Flag of the United States female individual gold medalists.

In 2004, Michael Phelps, Gary Hall and Aaron Piersol were the only United States (also known as USA) Flag of the United States male individual gold medalists.

In 2008, Natalie Coughlin and Rebecca Soni were our only individual gold medalists.

In 2008, Michael Phelps, Aaron Piersol, and Ryan Lochte were our only male individual gold medalists.

In 2012, the United States (also known as USA) Flag of the United States has 5 females who are individual gold medalists and 5 males who are individual gold medalists.

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