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Cody Miller
Personal information
Full nameCody Miller
National team United States
Born (1992-01-09) January 9, 1992 (age 32)
Billings, Montana
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubRandolph
College teamIndiana University
CoachRay Looze
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships (LC) 1 0 0
World Championships (SC) 0 1 1
Total 2 1 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley

Cody Miller (born January 9, 1992) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Miller won a bronze medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke and a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, in which he performed the breaststroke leg of the final.

Miller has won a total of five medals in major international competitions: two golds, one silver, and two bronzes, spanning the long and short courses.

Career

Miller rose to prominence in the world swimming scene at the 2014 Short Course World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he took home a pair of medals, a silver in the men's 4×100 m medley relay (3:21.49) and a bronze in the 4×50 m medley relay (an American-record time of 1:31.83).[1][2]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Miller claimed his first gold medal as part of the U.S. team in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg, Miller recorded a split of 59.23 seconds in the prelims to put the Americans at the top of the final field with a time of 3:31.06.[3][4] Miller also competed in the 100 m breaststroke, but failed to advance to the final, finishing in ninth at 59.86 seconds.[5]

Miller placed second at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, behind Kevin Cordes.[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Miller won a bronze medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke, setting the American record for the men's 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.87 seconds.[7][8] Miller also won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, in which he performed the breaststroke leg of the final.

Personal life

Cody Miller was born January 9, 1992 in Billings, Montana.[9] He attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.[9] Miller then swam at Indiana University under head coach Ray Looze.[10] When Miller qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2016, he was the first swimmer from Indiana University to make the U.S. Olympic team in 40 years.[11]

Miller has pectus excavatum, a deformity of the thoracic wall which causes the chest to cave in due to the sternum and rib cage growing abnormally.[12] In Miller's particular case, his deformity is severe enough to cause limitations to his lung capacity.[13][14] As a result of having the deformity, he started swimming at age eight "to monitor [his] heart and breathing".[9] Miller opted not to have surgery to correct the deformity, and swimming helped broaden his chest and develop his rib cage.[11]

Miller has a younger sister, Catie, who swims for Duke University and is also a breaststroke/IM swimmer.[9] Cody Miller became engaged to Ali DeWitt on November 22, 2015 at the Golden Goggle Awards.[15]

Miller is a self professed film-buff,[16] and has appeared on the online movie news show Collider Movie Talk and the Schmoes Know Movie Show.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Cesar Cielo Anchors Brazil to First Men's 400 Medley Relay World Title". Swimming World Magazine. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ Woods, David (5 December 2014). "Carmel teen swims to silver medal at world championships". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ "USA Takes Pole Position For Men's 400 Medley Relay Final At 2015 World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Cody Miller Helps USA To Gold At FINA World Championships". The Indianapolis Star. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Adam Peaty Scorches 2nd-Fastest 100 Breast Ever in Semis at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ^ Omega Timing (June 27, 2016). "U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming Event 105 Men's 100m Breaststroke Final". USA Swimming. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  7. ^ Steven Hoffner (August 8, 2016). "Cody Miller Overcomes Rib Condition To Win Bronze For U.S. Swim Team". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke - Standings". Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d Cody Miller – National Team swimmer profile at USASwimming.org
  10. ^ "Cody Miller". Swim Swam. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  11. ^ a b Woods, David (27 June 2016). "Cody Miller is IU's first U.S. Olympic swimmer in 40 years". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  12. ^ Shamberger RC (1996). "Congenital chest wall deformities". Current Problems in Surgery (Review). 33 (6): 469–542. doi:10.1016/S0011-3840(96)80005-0. PMID 8641129.
  13. ^ Hussey, Andrew (9 August 2016). "Cody Miller faced long odds to get to Rio". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  14. ^ Woods, David (10 December 2015). "Former IU swimmer Cody Miller overcoming odds on way to 2016 Olympics". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  15. ^ Ress, Justine. "13 Things You Never Knew About American Record Holder Cody Miller". Swimming World. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  16. ^ Miller, Cody. "Description". twitter.com. twitter. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  17. ^ "ColliderVideos". youtube.com. youtube. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Records
Preceded by
New record
 Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder
26 September 2013 – 13 October 2013
With: Bailey Pressey, Stephanie Armstrong, Tanner Kurz 		Succeeded by
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