Garrett Weber-Gale

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Medal record
Men's swimming
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World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2007 Melbourne[1] 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m freestyle relay

Garrett Weber-Gale (born August 6, 1985) is a two-time U.S. National Swim Team member[2], who swam on 4 X 100 gold medal relay teams at the Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada (2005) and Melbourne, Australia (2007). In 2006, he was the NCAA Division I Champion in the 100 freestyle [1]. In 2004, Weber-Gale, with University of Texas team mates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Ian Crocker, set a world record in the 4 X 100 short course meter medley relay [2] in a time of 3:25.38.

Weber-Gale began his competitive career as a YMCA age-group swimmer. He set a national public high school record in the 100 yard freestyle in 2003 with a time of 43.49. [3]

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[edit] Best times

Long Course Meters: 50 Freestyle: 21.93; 100 Freestyle: 48.50; 200 Freestyle: 149.06; 100 Backstroke: 56.48

Short Course Meters: 50 Freestyle: 21.31; 100 Freestyle: 46.29

Short Course Yards: 50 Freestyle: 19.16; 100 Freestyle: 41.94; 200 Freestyle: 1:35.55; 100 Backstroke: 47.33

[edit] Special interests

Weber-Gale has a particular interest in cooking and has been featured as an aspiring chef on KTBC Fox 7 in Austin, Texas [4]. He is an avid "foodie" who believes in healthy eating and has begun to develop healthful recipes of his own.

[edit] External Links

Garrett's Official Website

Garrett's USA Swimming Bio

USA Swimming 20 Questions with Garrett in November 2007

USA Swimming 20 Questions with Garrett in August 2005

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