Breeja Larson

Breeja Larson
Personal information
National team United States
Born (1992-04-16) April 16, 1992
Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Weight161 lb (73 kg)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamTexas A&M University
CoachSteve Bultman
Texas A&M University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4x100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 100 m breaststroke

Breeja Larson (born April 16, 1992) is an American retired swimmer who specialized in breaststroke. She competed in college for Texas A&M University.[2] Larson won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Early life

Larson was born in Mesa, Arizona, one of seven sisters. She later moved to Boise, Idaho, where she attended Boise's Centennial High School for three years and graduated from Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona, in 2010. She swam for the Centennial Patriot and Mountain View Toros high school swim teams. As a senior, she was the state runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke. She also lettered in softball and track and field.[2][3]

College career

She attended Texas A&M University, where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2011 to 2014 under Hall of Fame Coach Steve Bultman.[4][5] As a freshman, she finished second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke at the 2011 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships; as a sophomore in 2012, she was the NCAA national champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, and finished third in the 200-yard event.

Larson graduated from the Titans of Investing program while at Texas A&M.[6]

2012 Olympics

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Larson made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by winning the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:05.92, ahead of favorite Rebecca Soni.[7] At the Olympics in London, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminaries of the 4×100-meter medley relay.[8] In the final of the 100-meter breaststroke, Larson false started. However, it was determined there was a technical issue and she was allowed to compete. She finished in sixth place.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Breeja Larson's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site". Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Gibbs, Robert (June 4, 2021). "2012 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST BREEJA LARSON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Olympedia Bio, Breeja Larson". olympedia.org.
  4. ^ "Texas A&M Staff, Steve Bultman". 12thman.com.
  5. ^ "Kaufman, Sophie, Texas A&M Coach Steve Bultman Announces Retirement after 25 years". swimswam.com.
  6. ^ "TITANS CLASS DIRECTORY". Titans of Investing.
  7. ^ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Breeja Larson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.

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