Lauren Perdue

Lauren Perdue

Personal information
Nickname	Lo
National team	United States
Born	(1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 32) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Home town	Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Greenville Swim Club (NC) University of Virginia Aquatics SwimMAC Team Elite
College team	University of Virginia
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle

Lauren Perdue (born June 25, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Perdue was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended J. H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina. She swam for the Greenville Swim Club under head coach Casey Charles from 1999 to 2009. At the 2009 USA Swimming Long Course Junior National Championships, Perdue won her first championship in the 200-meter freestyle (1:59.09).

Perdue attended the University of Virginia, and swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2009 to 2012.^[1] As a Cavalier swimmer, she won nineteen Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championships, received sixteen All-American honors, and was named the ACC Swimmer of the Year and ACC Swimmer of the Championships in 2010, 2011, and 2013.^[1] Lauren broke her back in 2012 and underwent back surgery only 3 months before the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.^[1]

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying event for the Olympics, Perdue finished fourth place in the 200-meter freestyle,^[2] and earned a spot on the U.S. relay team in the 4×200-meter freestyle event as a result. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.^[3]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Virginia people

References

External links

• Lauren Perdue at World Aquatics
• Lauren Perdue at Olympics.com
• Lauren Perdue at Olympedia
• Lauren Perdue at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
• Lauren Perdue at Team USA (archive December 21, 2021)
• Lauren Perdue – University of Virginia athlete profile at VirginiaSports.com

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2012 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification

• 2012 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team

• Nathan Adrian
• Ricky Berens
• Clark Burckle
• Tyler Clary
• Conor Dwyer
• Anthony Ervin
• Jimmy Feigen
• Andrew Gemmell
• Matt Grevers
• Brendan Hansen (team captain)
• Charlie Houchin
• Connor Jaeger
• Cullen Jones
• Jason Lezak (team captain)
• Ryan Lochte
• Tyler McGill
• Matt McLean
• Alex Meyer
• Michael Phelps
• Eric Shanteau
• Davis Tarwater
• Nick Thoman
• Peter Vanderkaay (team captain)
• Scott Weltz

Women's team

• Cammile Adams
• Alyssa Anderson
• Haley Anderson
• Elizabeth Beisel
• Rachel Bootsma
• Natalie Coughlin (team captain)
• Claire Donahue
• Missy Franklin
• Jessica Hardy
• Kathleen Hersey
• Kara Lynn Joyce
• Ariana Kukors
• Breeja Larson
• Micah Lawrence
• Katie Ledecky
• Caitlin Leverenz
• Lia Neal
• Lauren Perdue
• Allison Schmitt
• Rebecca Soni (team captain)
• Chloe Sutton
• Dana Vollmer
• Shannon Vreeland
• Amanda Weir
• Kate Ziegler

Coaches

• Bob Bowman (asst. men's coach)
• Steve Bultman (asst. women's coach)
• David Marsh (asst. men's coach)
• Teri McKeever (women's head coach)
• Tim Murphy (open water head coach)
• Eddie Reese (asst. men's coach)
• Dave Salo (asst. women's coach)
• Todd Schmitz (asst. women's coach)
• Gregg Troy (men's head coach)