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Aaron Peirsol

1983 - Today

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Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who swam for the University of Texas and is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist with five gold, and two silver medals. Individually, he has held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke event (long course). In his long career, Peirsol captured a total of thirty-six medals in major international competition: twenty-nine gold, six silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, Pan American, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Aaron Peirsol is the 355th most popular swimmer (down from 260th in 2024), the 17,340th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,250th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Aaron Peirsol ranks 355 out of 709. Before him are Beatrice Câșlaru, Birte Weigang, Anastasia Davydova, Yelena Rudkovskaya, Penelope Heyns, and Frédérick Bousquet. After him are Carrie Steinseifer, Daniel Kowalski, József Szabó, Natalia Ishchenko, Petria Thomas, and David Wilkie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Aaron Peirsol ranks 772. Before him are Ibson, Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Giorgia Bronzini, Evelyn Stevens, Stephen Thompson, and Guillaume Gouix. After him are Amina Okueva, Valeria Luiselli, Milan Jovanović, Brendan Christian, Diana Bacosi, and Tatjana Hüfner.

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Aaron Peirsol ranks 124. Before him are Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962), Nicole Haislett (1972), Rebecca Soni (1987), Anthony Ervin (1981), Mary T. Meagher (1964), and Jason Lezak (1975). After him are Carrie Steinseifer (1968), David Berkoff (1966), Maya DiRado (1993), Rowdy Gaines (1959), Brendan Hansen (1981), and Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (1970).

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