Garrett Weber-Gale
Jason Lezak, Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones behind Michael Phelps at 2008 taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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| Full name | Garrett Weber-Gale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "G-dubs," "G" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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August 6, 1985 Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Longhorn Aquatics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garrett Weber-Gale (born August 6, 1985) is an American competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and world record-holder in two events.
Weber-Gale is Jewish, and was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He competed for the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team of the University of Texas from 2003 to 2007. In 2006, he was the NCAA Division I champion in the 100-yard freestyle.
He won the 100 and 50-meter freestyles at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in 47.92 and 21.47 seconds respectively. His time of 21.47 in the 50-meter was an American record. By clocking a time of 47.78 in the prelims of the 100 freestyle at the Trials, he became the first American to break 48 seconds in that event.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Weber-Gale was as a member of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team in a final that has been heralded as the best relay in the history of swimming. He was the second leg of that relay and had a split of 47.02 as the US won the gold ahead of pre-race favorite France. Weber-Gale also earned a gold medal for his contribution in the heats of the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Weber-Gale also competed in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle events but did not advance past the semifinals of either one.
At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championships trials, Weber-Gale placed third in the 100 m freestyle in 48.19. He also tied for second with Cullen Jones in the 50m freestyle in 21.55, which required a swim-off to decide who would get to compete in the event at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Jones won the swim-off in 21.41, which broke Weber-Gale's American record in the event.
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