American swimmer
Andrew Wilson (born September 16, 1993) is a retired[1] American swimmer .[2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics , he placed 6th in the 100 meter breaststroke , 17th in the 200 meter breaststroke , and won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay , for his efforts in the prelims of the relay.
Background
Wilson graduated from Phillips Academy in 2012 and Emory University in 2017, where he was a non-recruited member of the swim team.[3] [4] [5]
Swimming career
2019 World Championships
Wilson competed in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships .[6]
2021
2020 US Olympic Trials
In June 2021, he placed second at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in the final of the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 58.74, qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in the event.[7] He finished second in the 200 meter breaststroke as well, with a time of 2:08.32 and qualified for the US Olympic Swimming Team in his second individual event.[8]
2020 Summer Olympics
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , Wilson competed in the 100 meter breaststroke, 4x100 meter mixed medley relay, and the 4x100 meter medley relay.[9] [10] [11]
In the 100 meter breaststroke , Wilson finished sixth in the final of the event on day three of competition with a time of 58.99.[9] In the prelims of the 200 meter breaststroke , he ranked 17th with a time of 2:09.97 and did not advance to the semifinals.[12]
Wilson competed in the first race where men and women competed alongside each other in the pool in the same swimming event at an Olympic Games , the prelims of the 4x100 meter mixed medley relay .[10] Along with his relay teammates Tom Shields , Regan Smith , and Abbey Weitzeil , the relay finished second overall and advanced to the final.[10] [13]
On day seven, Wilson swam the breaststroke leg of the 4x100 meter medley relay in the prelims, with Hunter Armstrong swimming backstroke, Tom Shields butterfly, and Blake Pieroni freestyle, the four advanced the relay to the final of the event, ranking seventh overall.[11] The finals relay finished first in the final on the last day of competition and Wilson won a gold medal with the finals relay and other prelims relay swimmers for his contribution.[14]
Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
1960 : Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Thompson Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark (USA )
1968 : Charlie Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich (USA )
1976 : John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Mark Kerry , Peter Evans , Mark Tonelli , Neil Brooks (AUS )
1984 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Chris Jacobs (USA )
1992 : Jeff Rouse , Nelson Diebel , Pablo Morales , Jon Olsen , David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi (USA )
1996 : Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. , Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk (USA )
2000 : Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall Jr. , Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak (USA )
2004 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak , Lenny Krayzelburg , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker (USA )
2008 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak , Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale (USA )
2012 : Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones (USA )
2016 : Ryan Murphy , Cody Miller , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , David Plummer , Cordes , Shields , Dressel (USA )
2020 : Ryan Murphy , Michael Andrew , Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Hunter Armstrong , Andrew Wilson , Tom Shields , Blake Pieroni (USA )
2020 USA Olympic swimming team
Qualification Men's team Women's team Coaches
Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay
1985: USA (Carey , Moffet , Morales , Biondi )
1987: USA (Veatch , Schroeder , Morales , Biondi )
1989: USA (Rouse , Korhammer, Morales , Biondi )
1991: USA (Rouse , Barrowman , Henderson , Biondi )
1993: USA (Rouse , Van Neerden , Henderson , Olsen )
1995: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Hall )
1997: USA (Krayzelburg , Grote , Dusing , Walker )
1999: USA (Krayzelburg , Grote , Wales, Walker )
2002: USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Phelps , Lezak )
2006: USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2010: USA (Peirsol , Gangloff , Phelps , Adrian )
2014: USA (Grevers , Cordes , Phelps , Adrian )
2018: USA (Murphy , Wilson , Dressel , Adrian )
World short-course champions in men's 4×100 m medley relay
1993 : United States (Schwenk , Wunderlich , Henderson , Olsen )
1995: New Zealand (Winter , Kent , Callaghan , Bray )
1997 : Australia (Radley , Rogers , Huegill , Klim )
1999: Australia (Welsh , Rogers , Klim , Fydler )
2000: United States (Krayzelburg , Marrs , Walker , Tucker )
2002: United States (Peirsol , Denniston, Marshall , Lezak )
2004: United States (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2006: Australia (Welsh , Rickard , Pine , Callus )
2008: Russia (Donets , Geybel , Korotyshkin , Sukhorukov )
2010 : United States (Thoman , Alexandrov , Lochte , Weber-Gale )
2012 : United States (Grevers , Cordes , Shields , Lochte )
2014 : Brazil (Guido , Silva , Macedo , Cielo )
2016 : Russia (Shabasov , Prigoda , Kharlanov , Morozov )
2018 : United States (Murphy , Wilson , Dressel , Held )
2021 : Italy (Mora , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi )
2022 : Australia (Cooper , Yong, Temple , Chalmers ) United States (Murphy , Fink , Julian , Smith )
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Japan : (Fukushima , Shikiishi ,Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1963: Hungary : Unknown
1965: United States : (Mann , Tretheway, Riker , Roth)
1967: United States : (Hickcox , Merten , Russell , Walsh )
1970: United States : (Ivey , Shilling, Ferris , Heckl )
1973: United States : (Johnson , Chatfield , Poucher, Knox)
1977: United States : (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna)
1979: United States : (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom , Peppas)
1981: Soviet Union : Unknown
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: United States : (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet , O'Neil, McCadam)
1987: United States : (Berkoff , Torres , Mortenson , Hansen)
1991: United States : (Hansen, Kutler , Pajer, Schwenk )
1993: United States : (Schwenk , Crawford, Pepper, Fox )
1995: United States : (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis )
1997: United States : (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones)
1999: United States : (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce , Busse)
2001: United States : (Marshall , Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff)
2003: Ukraine : (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin )
2005: Ukraine : (Bugayov, Lisohor , Advena , Syzonenko )
2007: Russia : (Smirnov, Falko , Korotyshkin , Grechin )
2009: Japan : (R. Irie , Sakimoto, S. Irie, Harada)
2011: Japan : (Irie , Tateishi , Kishida , Shioura )
2013: Russia : (Morozov , Strelnikov , Koptelov , Grechin )
2015: Russia : (Shabasov , Kostin , Koptelov , Polischuk )
2017: United States : (Ress , Wilson , Lynch , Held )
2019: United States : (Ress , Finnerty , Shebat , Apple )
2021: China : (Wang, Qin , Chen, Lin)