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Mar 24, 1984 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States 40 years old
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion
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About Davis Tarwater
- Davis Edward Tarwater (born March 24, 1984) is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
- He grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and began competitive swimming at age seven.
- During high school, he set three state swimming records and led Webb School of Knoxville to the state title.
- In 2002, he was named High School Swimmer of the Year.
- Tarwater attended the University of Michigan, earning a bachelors in political science, and St.
- Antony's College, Oxford earning a masters in Latin American Studies. At Michigan, he shifted his focus from the freestyle to the butterfly.
- He was a three-time NCAA national champion and thirteen-time All-American.
- Tarwater set three Big Ten conference and six school records en route to six Big Ten titles.
- In his senior season, he won a Big Ten Medal of Honor for being the school's top student-athlete. Tarwater has represented the United States in the World Championships three times, winning a gold medal as part of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team in 2009.
- He has won three individual and five relay national titles, and has finished in the top three more than fifteen times.
- In 2011, he set an American record in the 200-meter butterfly, and as of 2012 jointly holds two additional national records in relay events.
- He qualified for the U.S.
- Olympic Trials in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
- In 2004, 2008 and 2012, he narrowly missed making the Olympic team in the 200-meter butterfly.
- In 2012, he finished seventh in the 200-meter freestyle and missed qualifying for the U.S.
- 4×200-meter freestyle relay team by one spot.
- Michael Phelps elected to scratch the 200-meter freestyle from his Olympic schedule, however, allowing Tarwater to make the team.
- At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tarwater won a gold medal for his contributions in the heats of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
