sport.wikisort.org - AthletePeter William Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events and is a four-time Olympic medalist.[1] He was a member of the United States Olympic team in 2004, 2008, and 2012, and won bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
American swimmer
Peter Vanderkaay
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Full name | Peter William Vanderkaay |
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Nickname(s) | "PVK" |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1984-02-12) February 12, 1984 (age 38) Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
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Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
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Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) (2008) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Club | Oly Swimming and Gator Swim Club |
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College team | University of Michigan |
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Personal life
Vanderkaay was born in Royal Oak, Michigan.[4] He grew up in Oakland Township, and attended Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills. He has three brothers, all of whom are competitive swimmers. His older brother Christian swam for the University of Michigan and qualified for the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2008 Olympic trials. His younger brother Alex qualified for the 2008 Olympic trials in several events, competing and making the finals in the 400-meter individual medley, 200-meter butterfly and the 200-meter medley. His third and youngest brother, Dane, also qualified for the 2008 US Olympic trials in the 400-meter freestyle.[5]
Vanderkaay and his family are supporters and volunteers for the YMCA's Detroit SWIMS initiative with a goal to teach every child in the City of Detroit to swim by the fifth grade.
Vanderkaay threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Detroit Tigers baseball game on September 4, 2012.
Career
High school and college career
Peter Vanderkaay is a two-time Michigan high school state champion in the 500-yard freestyle (2001, 2002), and is the 2001 state champion in the 200-yard freestyle. He graduated in the class of 2002, and swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Vanderkaay captured four NCAA titles and 14 Big Ten Conference titles. He also won a silver and two bronze medals representing the US at the 2003 World University Games. In his first year in college, he was Big Ten Champion in the 500-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay. He also was CSCAA All-American in the 500 and the mile.
By the end of his second year, he won four more Big Ten titles in the 400-yard IM, 500-yard freestyle, 1,650 freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay. In short course metric distances, Vanderkaay also was the NCAA champion in the 400-meter free, the 1,500-meter free and the 800-meter free relay, and placed fifth in the 200-meter free.
In his junior year, Vanderkaay repeated his four Big Ten victories, and was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Year. He was named All-American in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay. In his senior year at Michigan, he was the senior co-captain for the Michigan Wolverines. He won four more Big Ten titles, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay, and one final NCAA title in the 500. Vanderkaay also placed second in both the 200-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle events at the NCAA national championships.
International career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Vanderkaay was a member of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team, along with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Klete Keller, that beat the favored Australian team of Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, and Nicholas Sprenger.
At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Vanderkaay won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Along with Phelps, Lochte, and Keller, their time of 7:06.58 was an American record.[6]
At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Vanderkaay again swam in the relay with Lochte, Phelps, Keller. They set a world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with a time of 7:03.24.[7]
In the summer of 2007, Vanderkaay posted a career performance at U.S. Nationals, beating Michael Phelps for first place in the 400-meter freestyle. Vanderkaay also teamed up with Phelps, Davis Tarwater, Scott Spann, and Chris DeJong to win two more golds, one in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and another in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
Vanderkaay won his first individual medal, a bronze, in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Vanderkaay was part of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record as the American team finished first with a time of 6:58.56. The Americans were the first team to break the seven-minute mark in the relay, and broke the previous record, set in Melbourne by more than four and a half seconds.[8]
On December 20, 2010, Vanderkaay announced that he would be leaving Ann Arbor and Club Wolverine, where he had trained for over eight years, to move to Gainesville, Florida and train with the Gator Swim Club. The Gator Swim Club is affiliated with the University of Florida and is coached by Gregg Troy, the head coach of the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's team, and is home to several elite swimmers including Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Elizabeth Beisel.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying event for the U.S. Olympic team, Vanderkaay won the 400-meter freestyle event with a time of 3:47.67, thus qualifying to represent the United States in the event at the 2012 Olympics. He also competed in the 1,500-meter freestyle, but placed fourth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Vanderkaay won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:44.69, finishing third behind Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of United States records in swimming
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- Michigan Wolverines
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- "Peter Vanderkaay bio". swimming.about.com.
- "Results of men's 200m freestyle final". Xinhua. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008.
- "Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay Final". The Age. August 17, 2004.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Vanderkaay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- "Band of Brothers (6/26/2008)". usaswimming.org.
- "Men, 4×200m Freestyle, Final, 29 Jul 2005 – 19:37". swimrankings.net.
- "Men, 4 × 200m Freestyle, Final, Saturday, March 31, 2007". washingtonpost.com.
- "Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay – Final". NBC. August 13, 2008.
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2004 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Qualification |
- 2004 United States Olympic Trials
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Coaches |
- Bob Bowman
- Frank Busch
- Teri McKeever
- Richard Quick
- Eddie Reese (men's head coach)
- Dave Salo
- Mark Schubert (women's head coach)
- Jon Urbanchek
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2008 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Qualification |
- 2008 United States Olympic Trials
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Women's team | |
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Coaches |
- Jack Bauerle (women's head coach)
- Ray Benecki
- Bob Bowman
- Frank Busch
- John Dussliere
- Sean Hutchison
- Teri McKeever
- Eddie Reese (men's head coach)
- Bill Rose
- Mark Schubert (national team head coach)
- Gregg Troy
- Jon Urbanchek
- Paul Yetter
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2012 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Qualification |
- 2012 United States Olympic Trials
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Men's team | |
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Women's team | |
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Coaches |
- Bob Bowman (asst. men's coach)
- Steve Bultman (asst. women's coach)
- David Marsh (asst. men's coach)
- Teri McKeever (women's head coach)
- Tim Murphy (open water head coach)
- Eddie Reese (asst. men's coach)
- Dave Salo (asst. women's coach)
- Todd Schmitz (asst. women's coach)
- Gregg Troy (men's head coach)
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1908:
John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor (GBR)
- 1912:
Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
- 1920:
Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
- 1924:
Johnny Weissmuller, Wally O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer (USA)
- 1928:
Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac (USA)
- 1932:
Masanori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN)
- 1936:
Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948:
Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf, Bill Smith (USA)
- 1952:
Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane (USA)
- 1956:
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS)
- 1960:
George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell (USA)
- 1964:
Don Schollander, Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman (USA)
- 1968:
Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych (USA)
- 1972:
Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter (USA)
- 1976:
Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1980:
Sergey Koplyakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov (URS)
- 1984:
Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes (USA)
- 1988:
Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev, Yury Mukhin (EUN)
- 1996:
Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen (USA)
- 2000:
Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2004:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Dan Ketchum, Scott Goldblatt (USA)
- 2008:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters, Erik Vendt, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2012:
Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps, Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean, Davis Tarwater (USA)
- 2016:
Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz (USA)
- 2020:
Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)
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World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1973:
Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1975:
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Joachim Geisler, Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1978:
Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1982:
Richard Saeger, Jeff Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986:
Lars Hinneburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
- 1991:
Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Gross (GER)
- 1994:
Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1998:
Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2001:
Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003:
Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2007:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
- 2009:
Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2011:
Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2013:
Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Charlie Houchin, Ricky Berens (USA)
- 2015:
Dan Wallace, Robert Renwick, Calum Jarvis, James Guy (GBR)
- 2017:
Stephen Milne, Nicholas Grainger, Duncan Scott, James Guy (GBR)
- 2019:
Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton (AUS)
- 2022:
Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Trenton Julian, Kieran Smith (USA)
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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay |
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- 1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel)
- 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel)
- 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen)
- 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen)
- 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis)
- 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski)
- 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis)
- 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim)
- 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe)
- 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
- 2010: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
- 2014: USA (Dwyer, Phelps, Lochte, McLean)
- 2018: USA (Seliskar, Pieroni, Apple, Haas)
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Big Ten Athlete of the Year winners |
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B1G Swimmer of the Year winners |
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Female |
- 1984: Martha Jahn (NU)
- 1985: Janelle Bosse (OSU)
- 1986: Diane Wallner (MINN)
- 1987: Gwen DeMaat (MICH)
- 1988: Janelle Bosse (OSU)
- 1989: Lori Holmes (NU)
- 1990: Susan Gottlieb (OSU)
- 1991: Susan Gottlieb (OSU)
- 1992: Mindy Gehrs (MICH)
- 1993: Alecia Humphrey (MICH)
- 1994: Alecia Humphrey (MICH)/Kim Paton (NU)
- 1995: Jocelyn Jay (OSU)
- 1996: Tanya Schuh (MINN)
- 1997: Shannon Shakespeare (MICH)/Gretchen Hegener (MINN)
- 1998: Gina Panighetti (WIS)
- 2001: Ellen Stonebraker (WIS)
- 2002: Susan Woessner (IND)
- 2003: Carly Piper (WIS)
- 2004: Bethany Pendelton (WIS)
- 2005: Carly Piper (WIS)
- 2006: Kaitlyn Brady (MICH)
- 2007: Siow Yi Ting (WIS)
- 2008: Emily Brunemann (MICH)
- 2009: Kate Fesenko (IND)
- 2010: Kate Fesenko (IND)
- 2011: Maggie Meyer (WIS)
- 2012: Allysa Vavra (IND)
- 2013: Lindsay Vrooman (IND)
- 2014: Brooklynn Snodgrass (IND)
- 2015: Kierra Smith (MINN)
- 2016: Lilly King (IND)
- 2017: Lilly King (IND)
- 2018: Lilly King (IND)
- 2019: Beata Nelson (WIS)
- 2020: Maggie Mac Neil (MICH)
- 2021: Maggie Mac Neil (MICH)
- 2022: Maggie Mac Neil (MICH)
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На других языках
- [en] Peter Vanderkaay
[fr] Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay (né le 12 février 1984 à Rochester Hills dans l'État du Michigan) est un nageur américain en activité spécialiste des épreuves de demi-fond et fond en nage libre (200, 400, 800 et 1 500 m).
[it] Peter Vanderkaay
Peter William Vanderkaay (Rochester Hills, 12 febbraio 1984) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.
[ru] Вандеркай, Питер
Питер Вандеркай (англ. Peter Vanderkaay; род. 12 февраля 1984 года, близ Понтиак, Мичиган) — американский пловец[2]. Специализируется в плавании вольным стилем на средних дистанциях (200, 400, 800, и 1500 метров).
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