Austin Surhoff
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Full name | Austin Surhoff | ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
November 27, 1990 ||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||
Club | University of Texas | ||||||||||||
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Austin Surhoff (born November 27, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American swimmer.
Swimming career
As a college swimmer at Texas, Surhoff is a one-time NCAA champion, winning the 200 yard IM in 2010.[1] He also won the 200 yard IM and 200 yard backstroke at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.[2]
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Surhoff placed 13th in the 200 m IM and 24th in the 200 m backstroke. At the 2009 U.S. National Championships, he placed 14th in the 200 m backstroke and 20th in the 100 m backstroke. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, he bettered his 2008 finish with 4th place in the 200 m IM and was 15th in the 400 m IM.
Personal
Surhoff's father, B. J. Surhoff, played 19 seasons of Major League Baseball. His mother, Polly, swam for The University of North Carolina and won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.[3]
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