Jason Lezak

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens[1] 4x100 m Medley
Gold 2000 Sydney[2] 4x100m Medley
Silver 2000 Sydney 4x100 m Freestyle
Bronze 2004 Athens 4x100 m Freestyle
World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2005 Montreal[3] 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 2005 Montreal 4x100m Medley
Gold 2007 Melbourne[4] 4x100m Freestyle
World Championships - Short Course
Bronze 2006 Shanghai[5] 4x100m Freestyle
Silver 2006 Shanghai 4x100m Medley
Gold 2004 Indianapolis[6] 100m Freestyle
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x100m Medley
Gold 2002 Moscow[7] 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 2002 Moscow 4x100m Medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold 2006 Victoria 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 2006 Victoria 4x100m Medley
Silver 1999 Sydney 4x100m Freestyle
Silver 2006 Victoria 100m Freestyle

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 international swimming 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.

As of 2007 Jason Lezak represents the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club, in Pasadena, CA. The head coach, Jeff Julian is a long-time childhood friend.

[edit] Personal bests

His personal bests (long-course swimpools) are:

  • 50 m freestyle: 21.98
  • 100 m freestyle: 48.17 (US record)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ ESPN Sydney Swimming. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  5. ^ Shanghai 2006 results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  6. ^ 7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  7. ^ 2002 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.


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Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m medley relay

1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)