Nate Dusing

Personal information
Full name	Nathaniel James Dusing
Nickname	"Nate"
National team	United States
Born	(1978-11-25) November 25, 1978 (age 45) Villa Hills, Kentucky
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, individual medley
Club	Circle C Swim Club
College team	University of Texas
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly 2002 Yokohama 100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 200 m freestyle

Nathaniel James Dusing (born November 25, 1978) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and world champion.

Education

Dusing won six swimming state championships for Covington Catholic High School before graduating in 1997.^[1][2] That year, he was the top national recruit after finishing as the top national prep swimmer in both the 100 Backstroke and 100 Butterfly, setting a national High School record in the latter. His 100 Butterfly time of 47.10 would stand as the national High School record until 2009. He then went on to swim for the University of Texas where he would succeed all 4 years, winning 11 NCAA titles (relays and individual combined), and set the NCAA record in the 200 Yard Individual Medley as a senior in 2001.

Swimming

Dusing represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.^[3] Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he received a bronze medal by swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.^[4]

He was also a member of gold medal-winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships,^[5] and the 2004 World Short Course Championships.^[6]