Peter Vanderkaay

Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay (2010)
Personal information
Surname:	Peter Vanderkaay
Nickname (s):	PVC
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Society:	Club Wolverine
Birthday:	February 12, 1984
Place of birth:	Rochester Hills , Michigan
Size:	1.93 m
Weight:	90 kg
Medal table

Peter Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984 in Rochester Hills , Michigan ) is an American swimmer who specializes in the longer freestyle distances. He studies and trains at the University of Michigan .

successes

• Multiple medal winner at the Universiade 2003 in Daegu / South Korea
• 2004 Olympic champion in Athens with the US 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay
• World Champion 2005 in Montreal with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay
• 2008 Olympic champion in Beijing with the US 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay

Records

His world record over 4 × 200 m freestyle , which he set up in Beijing with Phelps , Berens and Lochte on August 13, 2008 , was beaten by a hundredth on July 31, 2009.

US Open Records (2)
1500 m freestyle	14: 45.54 min	July 6, 2008	Omaha
4 × 200 m freestyle (short course) (with Tarwater , Hurd and Ketchum )	07: 01.42 min	March 26, 2004	East Meadow
(As of October 22, 2011)

Web links

• Official website of Peter Vanderkaay (English)
• Biography in the US Olympic team ( Memento from August 23, 2004 in the web archive archive.today )
• Peter Vanderkaay in the Swimrankings.net database (English)