Josh Prenot

Josh Prenot (born July 28, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and individual medley events.

Josh Prenot
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1993-07-28) July 28, 1993[1]
Sedalia, Missouri
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, individual medley[2]
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley

Career

In 2012, Josh Prenot began his freshman year at the University of California Berkeley. In 2016, Prenot won his first NCAA title at the NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in the 400 yd IM.[2] After finishing his career there, he felt pressure to succeed at the 2016 Olympic Trials. Prenot was a member of the US World University Games team in 2015. However, he and many other critics felt this was his last chance to be a professional swimmer. At the Trials, he placed third in the 100 m breaststroke at the US Olympic Swimming Trials. Later in those trials, he set an American record in the 200m breaststroke, also recording the second-fastest performance all-time in the event, winning the final to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:07.53.[4]

In July 2018, Prenot raced the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials and went the world's fastest 200m breaststroke time in 2018 as of July 2018 with a 2:07.28[5]

References
  1. 2016 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship
  2. http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207771157
  3. Lohn, John (July 1, 2016). "U.S. Olympic Trials: Josh Prenot blasts American record of 2:07.17 in 200 breast". Swimvortex. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  4. http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=8895&mid=14491
  5. Lepesant, Anne. "Josh Pernot Swims World-leading 2:07.28 to Win 200 Breast in Irvine". Swim Swam. Swim Swam. Retrieved 27 July 2018.


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