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Alyssa Jean Anderson (born September 30, 1990) is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who represented the United States as the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Alyssa Anderson

Personal information
Full name	Alyssa Jean Anderson
National team	United States
Born	(1990-09-30) September 30, 1990 (age 31) Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Sierra Marlins Swim Team
College team	University of Arizona
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 4x200 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 4x200 m freestyle

Personal

Anderson was born in Santa Clara, California but grew up in Granite Bay. She attended the University of Arizona, where she swam for coach Frank Busch's Arizona Wildcats women's swim team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2008 to 2012. Anderson's younger sister, Haley, is also a swimmer and competed with her at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

Career

At the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Anderson won silver medals in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle.

At the 2009 U.S. Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed fourth in the 200-meter freestyle, earning a place on the U.S. 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.[1][2] In Rome, Anderson swam the third leg of the relay preliminaries and split 1:58.35.[3] The U.S. team advanced to the final and won the silver medal.

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Anderson made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:58.40,[4] which qualified her to swim in the 4x200-meter freestyle as a member of the U.S. relay team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she swam for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay and earned a gold medal.[5] Anderson's sister, Haley, won a silver medal in the 10-kilometer open water marathon at the 2012 Olympics.

Personal bests (long course)

Event	Time	Date
200 m freestyle	1:58.09	July 2012

See also

• Arizona Wildcats
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Arizona people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

References

External links

• Alyssa Anderson at USA Swimming
• Alyssa Anderson at FINA
• Alyssa Anderson at TeamUSA.org
• Alyssa Anderson at Olympics.com
• Alyssa Anderson at Olympedia
• Alyssa Anderson – University of Arizona athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-08-18)

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Alyssa Jean Anderson (Santa Clara, 30 settembre 1990) è una nuotatrice statunitense specializzata negli stili delfino e stile libero.

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