Todd Pearson
Todd Robert Pearson (born November 11, 1977 in Geraldton , Western Australia ) is an Australian swimmer who specializes in freestyle .
He grew up in Perth , where he started swimming on the advice of a doctor because he suffered from asthma.
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Pearson won the gold medal with the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay. He also started for the Australian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in the preliminary run.
At the 2001 World Cup , he won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. He also won two more gold medals at the World Short Course Championships: 1999 in Hong Kong with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and in 2002 in Moscow with the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
At the 2004 Olympic Games he was sixth again with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. After this event he resigned from swimming.
Today Pearson lives in Austin , Texas , USA , he is married and has one son.
Characteristics
- Club: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra
- Height: 189 cm
- Weight: 82 kg
- Trainer: Jim Fowlie
Web links
- Profile at Swimming Australia ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Olympic champion in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay1908: Derbyshire , Radimilovic , Foster , Taylor ( GBR ) | 1912: Healy , Champion , Boardman , Hardwick ( ANZ ) | 1920: McGillivray , Kealoha , Ross , Kahanamoku ( USA ) | 1924: Weissmüller , O'Connor , Glancy , Breyer , Howell ( USA ) | 1928: Weissmüller , Clapp , Laufer , Kojac ( USA ) | 1932: Masanori , Miyazaki , Yokoyama , Toyoda ( JPN ) | 1936: Masanori , Sugiura , Arai , Taguchi ( JPN ) | 1948: Ris , McLane , Wolf , Smith ( USA ) | 1952: Moore , Woolsey , Konno , McLane ( USA ) | 1956: O'Halloran , Devitt , Rose , Henricks ( AUS ) | 1960: Harrison , Blick , Troy , Farrell ( USA ) | 1964: Schollander , Clark , Saari , Ilman ( USA ) | 1968: Schollander , Spitz , Nelson , Rerych ( USA ) | 1972: Spitz , Kinsella , Tyler , Genter ( USA ) | 1976: Bruner , Furniss , Naber , Montgomery ( USA ) | 1980: Kopljakow , Salnikow , Stukolkin , Krylow ( URS ) | 1984: Heath , Larson , Float , Hayes ( USA ) | 1988: Dalbey , Cetlinski , Gjertsen , Biondi ( USA ) | 1992: Lepikow , Pyschnenko , Tajanowitsch , Sadowy , Kudrjawzew , Muchin ( EUN ) | 1996: Davis , Hudepohl , Schumacher , Berube , Olsen ( USA ) | 2000: Thorpe , Klim , Pearson , Kirby , Hackett , Kowalski ( AUS ) | 2004: Phelps , Lochte , Vanderkaay , Keller , Ketchum , Goldblatt ( USA ) | 2008: Phelps , Lochte , Berens , Vanderkaay , Walters , Vendt , Keller ( USA ) | 2012: Lochte , Dwyer , Berens , Phelps , Houchin , McLean , Tarwater ( USA ) | 2016: Dwyer , Haas , Lochte , Phelps , Smith , Conger , Bentz ( USA )
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pearson, Todd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pearson, Todd Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geraldton , Western Australia |