Ricky Berens
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| Full name | Richard Berens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States |
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| Born | April 21, 1988 Charlotte, N.C., United States |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard ("Ricky") Berens (born April 21, 1988 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American Olympic swimmer.
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[edit] Career
At the 2007 Pan American Games, Berens won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley, and silver medals in both the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relays.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Berens won the gold medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay, setting a new world record of 6:58.56. Berens swam the third leg in a time of 1:46.29.[1] Berens was the only member of the finals team to swim in the preliminary heats, posting a time of 1:45.47, just faster than Klete Keller's 1:45.51, to be selected to swim in the final.
Berens swam the third leg of the 4×100 m freestyle preliminaries at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and earned a gold medal when the US placed first in the final.[2] Berens also swam in both the preliminaries and final of the 4×200 m freestyle, which won gold.[3] In the final, Berens swam the second leg in 1:44.13, the second fastest split from anyone in the event.[4]
[edit] Personal
Berens is a business major at the University of Texas, where he swims butterfly, freestyle, and medley for the Longhorns Swim Team.
[edit] References
- ^ Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final Results
- ^ Amy Shipley (July 27, 2009). "In an Olympic Flashback, U.S. Team Rallies to Win Gold". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602588.html. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
- ^ "U.S. snip record to grab golden double". July 31, 2009. http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=811369&type=SportOlym.
- ^ "Berens, Walters and Peirsol strike gold, set new world records at FINA World Championships". July 31, 2009. http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/073109aab.html.
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Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- World record holders in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Texas Longhorns swimmers
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
