Anthony Ervin

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Olympic medal record
Men's Swimming
Gold	2000 Sydney	50 m freestyle
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x100 m freestyle relay

Anthony Ervin (born May 26, 1981 in Burbank, California) is an American swimmer who tied Gary Hall Jr. for the gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal on the Men’s 4x100 m freestyle relay team behind Australia at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

As an undergraduate college student, Ervin swam for the University of California, Berkeley, where he won multiple individual and relay events at the year-end NCAA Championships. Prior to Berkeley, Ervin swam for Canyons Aquatic Club and William S. Hart High School in Santa Clarita, California.

In May of 2005, Ervin sold his gold medal on Ebay for $17,100 and planned on donating the money to UNICEF for tsunami relief. In 2005, Ervin also returned to the pool and began training for the 2008 Olympics.

Ervin is of African American and Native American descent on his father's side, and Jewish American on his mother's.

Anthony currently swims with the NYC Hydras, along with Jodie Friedman.

[edit] World Aquatics Championships / FINA World Swimming Championships

• 2001
  • 1st place – 50 m freestyle
  • 1st place – 100 m freestyle

[edit] NCAA Championships

• 2000
  • 1st place – 50 m freestyle
  • 1st place – 100 m freestyle
  • 2nd place – Member of 200 m freestyle relay team
  • 1st place – Member of 400 m freestyle relay team
  • 5th place – Member of 200 m medley relay team
  • 9th place – Member of 400 m medley relay team

• 2001
  • 2nd place – 50 yard freestyle
  • 1st place – 100 yard freestyle
  • 4th place – Member of 200 yard freestyle relay team
  • 2nd place – Member of 400 yard freestyle relay team
  • 6th place – Member of 200 yard medley relay team
  • 6th place – Member of 400 yard medley relay team

• 2002
  • 2nd place – 50 yard freestyle
  • 1st place – 100 yard freestyle (NCAA Championship Record, American Record, U.S. Open Record)
  • 2nd place – Member of 200 yard freestyle relay team
  • 1st place – Member of 400 yard freestyle relay team
  • 4th place – Member of 200 yard medley relay team
  • Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year

• 2003
  • 3rd place – 50 yard freestyle
  • 2nd place – 100 yard freestyle
  • 3rd place – Member of 200 yard freestyle relay team
  • 1st place – Member of 400 yard freestyle relay team (NCAA Championship Record, U.S. Open Record)
  • 5th place – Member of 200 yard medley relay team
  • 4th place – Member of 400 yard medley relay team

[edit] See also

• World record progression 50m freestyle

Olympic champions in men's 50 m freestyle
1988: Matt Biondi | 1992: Alexander Popov | 1996: Alexander Popov | 2000: Anthony Ervin and Gary Hall, Jr. | 2004: Gary Hall, Jr.