Austin Grand Prix Media Guide - USA Swimming

USA Swimming
Peter Vanderkaay
CLUB: Oakland Live Y'ers (OLY-MI)
AGE: 27 DOB: Feb 12, 1984
HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm)
WEIGHT: 205 lbs (93.0 kg)
HOMETOWN: Rochester, Mich.
RESIDENCE: Gainesville, Fla.
BIRTHPLACE: Royal Oak, Mich.
COACHED BY: Gregg Troy
Career Highlights:
Helped the 800m free relay to a gold medal at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also
placed fourth in the 400m free, sixth in the 1500m free and seventh in the 800m free ... 2011
ConocoPhillips National Champion in the 200m free ... Took home a silver medal in the
4x200m free-relay at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... 2010 National
Champion in the 400m free … set the American Record in the 200m free at the 2009 MOO
Duel in the Pool … finished just out of the medals in the 400m free at the 2009 FINA World
Championships by placing 4th and finished 6th in the 800m free … placed first in the 400m free
at the 2009 CP National Championships ... earned a gold medal and set a world record on the
800m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games; also won his first individual medal at the
Olympics, receiving a bronze in the 200m free … member of the world record-setting 800m
free-relay at the 2007 World Championships … has swam on the 800m free-relay that has
broken the American record each summer since 2004 … gold medalist on the American
record-breaking 800m free-relay team at the 2004 0lympic Games … won silver in the
800m-relay and bronze in both the 800m and 1500m free at the 2003 World University Games
Olympics History:
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR; 4, 400m FR; 11, 1500m FR ... 2004: Gold,
800m FR-R(AR)
World Champs History:
2011: 1, 800m FR-R; 4, 400m FR; 6, 1500m FR; 7, 800m FR ... 2009: 4, 400m FR; 6, 800m
FR ... 2007: Gold, 800m FR-R(WR); 4, 400m FR; 9, 800m FR ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR);
6, 200m & 400m FR
World Champs History:
WC LCM: earned 3G
World Champs History:
2011: 4th 400 Fr, Gold 4x200 FR-R
SC Worlds History:
2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R
U.S. Nationals History:
2011: 1, 200m FR ... 2010: 1, 400m FR; 2, 1500m FR; 3, 200m FR ... 2009: 1, 400m FR; 5,
200m FR
Short Course National Championships:
2009: 1, 200y/500y/1650y FR
Briefly:
Four time Duel in the Pool member
RECORDS:
Holds WR in 800m FR-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) ... Holds AR in 500y
FR, set at 2008 MI OLY Michigan Open ... Holds USO in 500y FR, set at 2008 MI OLY
Michigan Open
NATIONAL TITLES:
400m Free (3): '10 SUM, '09 SUM, '07 SUM
ADDITIONAL HONORS:
International: Member of the 800m free-relay, which has held the American record since 2004 ...
was also a member of the American record-setting 800m free-relay at the 2004 Olympics when
Team USA upset the Australians, who had not lost the race at an international meet in seven
years.
Collegiate: 2006 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year
PERSONAL:
High School: Rochester Adams HS '02
College: Michigan '06
College Major: Biology
Future Professional Aspirations: Creating a business in Detroit to help give back to a region
that has given so much.
Parents: Mark and Robin … father is a dentist who swam for Albion College, and mother is a
dental hygienist
FAST FACTS
Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004)
Fourth LC World Championships (2011,
2009, 2007, 2005)
Two Worlds medals (2g)
Three Olympic Games medals (2g, 1b)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships
2011: Gold, 200m FR
2011 FINA World Champs
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R
2010 Pan Pacific Champs
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R
2010 FINA World Champs (25m)
2010: Silver, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)
2010 Pan Pacific Champs
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Bronze, 200m FR
2009 FINA World Champs
2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (pr)
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR
2007 World Championships
2007: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR)
2005 World Championships
2005: Gold, 800m FR-R
2004 Olympic Games
2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (AR)
TOP TIMES
Event Best Year
200m FR 1:45.14 Aug 08
400m FR 3:43.11 Aug 08
800m FR 7:46.64 Jul 11
1500m FR 14:45.54 Jun 08
CAREER STATS:
2011
2010
2009
11 Duel in the Pool - 5 Final, 400m FR (SCM); 4 Final, 800m
FR (SCM)
National Champs - t16 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 7 Final, 800m FR; 6 Final,
1500m FR; 1 Final, 800m FR-R
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR (SCM); 5 Final, 1500m FR
(SCM); 2 Final, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)
Pan Pacs - 3 Final, 200m FR; 4 Final, 400m FR; 5 Final, 800m
FR; t1 Final, 800m FR-R; t1 Final, 800m FR-R
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 6 Final, 800m FR
Ultra Swim - 10 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final,
400m FR; 1 Final, 1500m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR-R; 1 Final,
400m MED-R
- 5 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR