sport.wikisort.org - AthleteRichard "Ricky" Berens (born April 21, 1988) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and current world record-holder. As a member of the U.S. national team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay (long course). He competed in the 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter freestyle relay events, as well as the individual 200-meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
American swimmer
Ricky Berens
 Berens in 2010 |
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Full name | Richard Berens |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1988-04-21) April 21, 1988 (age 34) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
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Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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Website | RickyBerens.com |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Club | Trojan Swim Club |
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College team | University of Texas |
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Early years
Berens was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] After graduating from South Mecklenburg High School, he attended the University of Texas at Austin, and swam for coach Eddie Reese's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team 2007 to 2010. He graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in finance in 2010, and relocated to Los Angeles shortly thereafter to train with coach Dave Salo at Trojan Aquatics.
International career
At the 2007 Pan American Games, Berens won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, and silver medals in both the 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×200-meter freestyle relays.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Berens won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay, setting a new world record of 6:58.56. Berens swam the third leg in a relay split time of 1:46.29.[2] Berens was the only member of the finals team to swim in the preliminary heats, posting a time of 1:45.47, just faster than Klete Keller's 1:45.51, to be selected to swim in the final.
Berens swam the third leg of the 4×100-meter freestyle preliminaries at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and earned a gold medal when the U.S. team placed first in the final.[3] Berens also swam in both the preliminaries and final of the 4×200-meter freestyle, which won gold.[4] In the final, Berens swam the second leg in 1:44.13, the second fastest split from anyone in the event.[5]
Berens was also a part of the winning U.S. 4×200-meter freestyle relay teams at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Championships.
At the 2011 Duel in the Pool, a short course meet featuring the United States and European "All-Stars", Berens won both the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Berens made his second Olympic team by finishing fourth in the 100-meter freestyle and third in the 200-meter freestyle, qualifying him to swim in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, respectively. Although Berens did not qualify to swim in any individual events, Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps's coach, revealed on Twitter that Phelps, who came in first in the 200-meter freestyle, would be scratching the race from his Olympic program, giving the third place Berens a chance to swim his first individual Olympic event.[6]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Berens again won a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Michael Phelps.[7] Berens swam the third leg for the U.S. team in 1:45.27. He also won a silver medal as part of the second-place U.S. team for the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, in which he swam the third leg of the heat in 48.52.[8]
After the final of the 4×200-meter event, Berens stated that he would retire from competitive swimming following the Olympics.[9][10]
After seven weeks, Berens came out of retirement and returned to the swimming stage. At the 2013 American Short Course Championships, he broke the American record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:31.31), taking his split from the 500-yard freestyle. At the 2013 United States National Championships, Berens finished 5th place in both the 100-meter freestyle and the 200-meter freestyle, qualifying him to swim in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay.
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Berens combined with Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte and Charlie Houchin in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with the team finishing in first place for the gold medal. Swimming the anchor leg, Berens recorded a split of 1:45.39, and the team finished with a final time of 7:01.72.
In November 2013, Berens retired for a second time.[11]
In 2008, Berens was interviewed on The Today Show in Beijing after winning gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In 2009 he made an appearance on The Tyra Banks Show, poking fun at himself after a swimsuit malfunction at the 2009 World Championships. In 2011, Berens (alongside his dog) was featured in a print advertisement for Eukanuba that ran in Men's Journal magazine. Berens was also featured in a print advertisement for a Casio watch, which ran in the December 2011 issue of Details magazine.
Berens was sponsored by TYR Swimwear and by BMW's Pro Performance Team. He also appeared in the "Got Milk?" chocolate milk campaign. Berens is represented by Octagon.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of United States records in swimming
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- List of world records in swimming
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ricky Berens". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final Results
- Amy Shipley (July 27, 2009). "In an Olympic Flashback, U.S. Team Rallies to Win Gold". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
- "U.S. snip record to grab golden double". July 31, 2009.
- "Berens, Walters and Peirsol strike gold, set new world records at FINA World Championships". July 31, 2009.
- "Ricky Berens learns of golden opportunity on Twitter". USA Today. July 2, 2012.
- Official website for the 2012 Summer Olympics (July 31, 2012). "Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay". London2012.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- Official website for the 2012 Summer Olympics. "Ricky Berens – Events and results". London2012.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- Scott Fowler (July 31, 2012). "Fowler: Berens ends swimming career on top". News & Observer. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- Scott Fowler (July 31, 2012). "Ricky Berens unexpectedly retires after winning gold". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- "Olympian Ricky Berens Retires: Gold Medal Minute Video". November 29, 2013.
External links
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)
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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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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
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- 1951:
A. Stack, B. Stassforth, D. Cleveland (USA)
- 1955:
F. McKinney, F. Maguire, L. Baarcke, C. Scholes (USA)
- 1959:
F. McKinney, F. Munsch, M. Troy, J. Farrell (USA)
- 1963:
R. McGeagh, B. Craig, W. Richardson, N. Kirby (USA)
- 1967:
D. Russell, R. Webb, M. Spitz, K. Walsh (USA)
- 1971:
J. Murphy, B. Job, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA)
- 1975:
P. Rocca, R. Colella, M. Curington, J. Babashoff (USA)
- 1979:
B. Jackson, S. Lundquist, R. Placak, D. McCagg (USA)
- 1983:
R. Carey, S. Lundquist, M. Gribble, R. Gaines (USA)
- 1987:
A. Gill, R. Korhammer, W. King, T. Dudley (USA)
- 1991:
A. Gill, H. Dersch, M. Merrell, J. Thomas (USA)
- 1995:
J. Rouse, S. Van Neerden, M. Henderson, J. Olsen (USA)
- 1999:
A. Massura, M. Tomazini, F. Scherer, G. Borges (BRA)
- 2003:
P. Marshall, M. Gangloff, B. Michaelson, N. Brunelli (USA)
- 2007:
R. Bal, M. Gangloff, R. Berens, A. Grant (USA)
- 2011:
G. Guido, F. França, G. Mangabeira, C. Cielo (BRA)
- 2015:
G. Guido, F. França, A. Mendes, M. Chierighini (BRA)
- 2019:
D. Carr, N. Fink, T. Shields, N. Adrian (USA)
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Big 12 Swimmer of the Year winners |
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Female |
- 2001: Lanne (Texas)
- 2003: Wanezek (Texas)
- 2004: Wanezek (Texas)
- 2005: Wanezek (Texas)
- 2006: Hansen (Texas A&M)
2006: Wycliffe (Texas)
- 2007: Heiss (Texas A&M)
- 2008: Wilkinson (Texas A&M)
- 2009: Hersey (Texas)
- 2010: Wilkinson (Texas A&M)
- 2011: Bispo (Texas)
- 2012: Larson (Texas A&M)
- 2013: Sogar (Texas)
- 2014: Moldenhauer (Texas)
- 2015: Cox (Texas)
- 2016: Miller (Kansas)
- 2017: Cox (Texas)
- 2018: Adams (Texas)
- 2019: Adams (Texas)
- 2020: Adams (Texas)
- 2021: Pfeifer (Texas)
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На других языках
- [en] Ricky Berens
[fr] Ricky Berens
Richard Berens dit Ricky Berens (né le 21 avril 1988 à Charlotte dans l'État de Caroline du Nord) est un nageur américain en activité, spécialiste des épreuves de sprint en nage libre (100 et 200 m).
[it] Ricky Berens
Richard Berens (Charlotte, 21 aprile 1988) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.
[ru] Беренс, Рики
Рики Беренс (англ. Ricky Berens; род. 21 апреля 1988 года, Шарлотт, Северная Каролина) — американский пловец[2]. Специализируется в плавании вольным стилем на спринтах и средних дистанциях (100 и 200 метров).
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