Jason Lezak

Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak at the 2009 Maccabiade
Personal information
Surname:	Jason Edward Lezak
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle, layers, back
Society:	Rose Bowl Aquatics
Birthday:	November 12, 1975
Place of birth:	Irvine , California
Size:	1.93 m
Weight:	98 kg
Medal table

Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975 in Irvine , California ) is an American swimmer .

Career

Lezak specializes in short freestyle courses . He trains in Irvine and studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara . In the course of his career he set several world records with the US freestyle and medley relay.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Lezak was the final swimmer of the US men's 4 × 100 m freestyle final relay. He managed to overtake the French Alain Bernard who was apparently unreachable in front of him and to decide the race for the USA with an 8/100 second lead. He swam with 46.06 seconds on 100 m freestyle, the fastest time ever set with a flying start and in 3: 08.24 minutes a world record with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

Records

World records (1)
4 × 100 m freestyle (with Phelps , Weber-Gale and Jones )	03:08:24 min	August 11, 2008	Beijing
(As of August 7, 2010)

Web links

• Website of Jason Lezak (English)
• Jason Lezak in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Jason Lezak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )