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Career Highlights
Won bronze in the 400m free at the 2012 Olympic Games in London...Qualified for the 2012 Olympic team by finishing first in the 400m free ... 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
2012: Bronze 400 Fr... 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
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Bronze, 200m FR; 4, 400m FR; 5, 800m FR ... 2006: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); 5, 200m & 1500m FR; 9, 400m FR
WUGs History
2003: Silver, 800m FR-R; Silver, 800m & 1500m FR
SC Worlds History
2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R
Duel in the Pool History
2010: Gold, 200m FR(AR); Gold, 400m FR ... 2005: Gold, 200m FR; Silver, 400m FR
Olympic Trials History
2012: 1, 400m FR; 4, 1500m FR, 9th 200 Fr ... 2008: 1st 1500 Fr, 2nd 200 Fr, 2nd 400 Fr, 18th 100 Fr
Fun Facts
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
Sibling(s)
Older brother (Christian) medical doctor swam at Michigan … younger brother (Alex) consultant also swam at Michigan ... younger brother (Dane) swims at Michigan … Christian, Peter and Alex swam together for the Wolverines during the 2004-05 season
Started Swimming
Age 5
Sports Played Before Swimming
Soccer
Nickname(s)
PVK
Pet(s)
A dog (Skyler) ... a yellow lab who replaced him in the house when he went to college
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Reading biographies, movies, outdoor activities, cooking, traveling, concerts
Ultimate Way to Relax
Sleeping
Most Influential Person
Parents
Charities
C.S. Mott Children's hospital, Blue Planet Run, Michigan Dental Association ... is passionate about kids and the environment
Training Stats
Swims 16,000 meters/yards per day, 6 hours a day, 6 days a week
More
Ideal vacation: someplace remote with no cell phone