Jason Lezak
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's swimming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2004 Athens | 4x100 m medley relay | |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
Jason Edward Lezak (born on November 12, 1975 in Irvine, California) is an American swimmer.
He is a member of the Irvine Novaquatics. He went to Irvine High School in 1994, then to University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and weighs 93 kg (205 pounds). Lezak is specialist of 50 and 100 m freestyle races.
Lezak's first long-course swimpool world gold medal was in 2003, when he won the 4×100 m medlay relay, setting new world record. He was also silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. In shourt-course swimpool he was five times world champion, all with relays apart from the 100 m single freestyle gold medal in 2004. Lezak has been also 7 times US Champion, 3 times in 50 m freestyle and 4 in 100 m freestyle.
He competed in several events at the 2004 Olympic Games, and was a member of the 4x100 metre medley relay team that set a new world record at the games. He also won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, finishing only eighth in the 50 m freestyle single race.
In 2005 he was World Champion in the 4×100 m medley and freestyle relays with US national team.
[edit] Personal bests
His personal bests (long-course swimpools) are:
- 50 m freestyle: 21.98
- 100 m freestyle: 48.17 (US record)
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Categories: 1975 births | Living people | People from Irvine, California | University of California, Santa Barbara alumni | American freestyle swimmers | Jewish American sportspeople | Jewish swimmers | Olympic swimmers of the United States | Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Olympic bronze medalists for the United States | World record holders in swimming
