Klete cellar

Klete cellar
Personal information
Surname:	Klete cellar
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Society:	Trojan Swim Club
Birthday:	March 21, 1982
Place of birth:	Phoenix , Arizona
Size:	1.98 m
Medal table

Klete Keller (born March 21, 1982 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American freestyle swimmer who has won several Olympic medals in his career.

Career

He was part of the legendary US 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay with Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay that at the 2004 Olympics in Athens , the Australian hegemony over this distance broke and Olympic champion was. In 2007, at the Swimming World Championships in Melbourne , the same season broke the Australian world record set by Grant Hackett , Michael Klim , Bill Kirby and Ian Thorpe at the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka .

Keller studied from 2000 to 2001 for two years at the University of Southern California , which he left to concentrate more on swimming. During his time with the Trojan Swim Club , the USC swimming team, he won a number of competitions, including the NCAA championships on the 200, 500 and 1650 yard freestyle distances.

Even at the world swimming championships on the long and short course, Keller was able to convince, especially in the relay decisions. Particularly noteworthy is the world championship title at the 2002 Short Track World Championships over the 200 m freestyle in Moscow , as it is his only individual title. From 2004 to 2007, Keller trained at the University of Michigan under Bob Bowman and former head coach Jon Urbanchek . He left Ann Arbor but returned to USC to finish his studies and to train under Dave Solo .

Records

Personal best

Long track

• 50 m freestyle - 21.59 p
• 100 m freestyle - 48.35 s

Short course

• 50 m freestyle - 21.31 s
• 100 m freestyle - 49.29 p

International records

World records (1)
4 × 200 m freestyle (with Phelps , Lochte and Vanderkaay )	07: 03.24 min	March 30, 2007	Melbourne
American Records (1)
4 × 200 m freestyle (with Phelps , Lochte and Vanderkaay )	07: 03.24 min	March 30, 2007	Melbourne
US Open Records (1)
4 × 200 m freestyle (with Phelps , DeJong and Vanderkaay )	07: 12.35 min	August 5, 2005	Irvine
(As of July 11, 2008)

Web links

• Klete Keller in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Klete Keller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )