Ian Jaryd Silverman
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Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 15, 1995 Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Jaryd Silverman (born 1995) is an American swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland. He has mild cerebral palsy and won a gold medal in the S10 400m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. At the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships in 2014, Silverman broke the S10 world record in the event, with a time of 4:03.57 [1] As of August 2015[update], Silverman also holds para-swimming world records in the 800m and 1500m freestyle and the 400m Individual Medley.[2][3]
Silverman now swims at NCAA Division I college University of Southern California.[4][5][6]
Silverman did not compete at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, after a classification review deemed him not impaired enough to compete in his preferred events. [7][8]
References
- ^ http://m.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2014/August/06/Ian-Silverman-smashes-world-record-at-Pan-Pacific-Para-Swimming-Championships
- ^ http://www.teamusa.org/para-swimming/athletes/Ian-Silverman
- ^ http://m.paralympic.org/world-records/swimming
- ^ http://m.usctrojans.com/m/sports/m-swim/mtt/ian_silverman_921391.html
- ^ http://dailytrojan.com/2014/09/28/freshman-swimmer-beats-the-odds/
- ^ "Natalie bombs out in 50 m swim". The Witness. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/ian-silverman-paralympic-world-record-holder-bumped-from-disabled-swimming/
- ^ http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/13258441/paralympics-officials-redefining-paralympian
Categories:
- Paralympic swimmers of the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- USC Trojans men's swimmers
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- S10-classified Paralympic swimmers
- 1995 births
- American swimming biography stubs
- American Paralympic medalist stubs