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Austin Surhoff (born November 27, 1990) is an American swimmer. His paternal grandfather Dick Surhoff played in the NBA and was a world class softball player.

Austin Surhoff

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1990-11-27) November 27, 1990 (age 31) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle, medley
Club	University of Texas
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle Youth World Championships 2008 Monterrey 200 m medley

Swimming career

As a college swimmer at Texas, Surhoff is a 3-time NCAA champion, winning the 200 yard IM and team title in 2010, and the 4x100 free relay in 2012.[1] He also won the 200 yard IM and 200 yard backstroke at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.[2]

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Surhoff placed 13th in the 200 m IM and 24th in the 200 m backstroke. At the 2009 U.S. National Championships, he placed 14th in the 200 m backstroke and 20th in the 100 m backstroke. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, he bettered his 2008 finish with 4th place in the 200 m IM and was 15th in the 400 m IM.

Personal

Surhoff was born in Milwaukee when his father, B. J. was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Surhoff's father played 19 seasons of Major League Baseball between three teams. His mother, Polly, swam for The University of North Carolina and won a silver medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1983 Pan American Games.[3] He currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he serves as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Virginia swim team.[4]

References

External links

• Austin Surhoff at FINA
• Austin Surhoff at USA Swimming
• Austin Surhoff – University of Texas bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-28)

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