Kevin Cordes
Cordes in Kazan, Russia 2015
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| Full name | Kevin Cordes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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August 13, 1993 Naperville, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Cordes (born August 13, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is a member of the 2016 US Men's Olympic Swimming Team. He took 4th place in the Men's 100m Breaststroke at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the American record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (long course), and is the current 200-meter breaststroke (short course), as well as the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke.
Cordes was born in Naperville, Illinois in 1993, the son of Bill and Kristin Cordes. He is a 2011 graduate of Neuqua Valley High School and currently attends the University of Arizona, where is he majoring in physiology. Swimming for the Arizona Wildcats, he is a six-time NCAA individual national champion, winning the 100-yard breaststroke four years in a row and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2013 and 2014. Cordes is the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Swimmer of the Year.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Cordes missed the Olympic team by finishing third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:00.58) and twelfth in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:13.26).
At the 2012 FINA Short Course World Championships in Istanbul, his first major international competition, Cordes won one gold and bronze medal. His gold came as a member of the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg in 57.15 (the fastest in the field). In the individual [2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 meter breaststroke|100-meter breaststroke], Cordes placed third with a time of 57.83.
At the 2013 US National Championships, Cordes qualified to swim in three individual events, the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, and the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. At the National Championships, he was first in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, and finished second behind University Of Arizona teammate Kevin Steel in the 50-meter breaststroke.
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