Klete Keller

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens[1] 4x200 m Freestyle
Silver 2000 Sydney[2] 4x200 m Freestyle
Bronze 2000 Sydney 400 m Freestyle
Bronze 2004 Athens 400 m Freestyle
World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2005 Montreal[3] 4x200m Freestyle
Gold 2007 Melbourne[4] 4x200m Freestyle
Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 200m Freestyle
Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 4x200m Freestyle
World Championships - Short Course
Gold 2002 Moscow[5] 200m Freestyle
Gold 2002 Moscow 4x100m Freestyle
Bronze 2002 Moscow 4x200m Freestyle
Silver 2002 Moscow 4x200m Freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold 2006 Victoria 200m Freestyle
Gold 2006 Victoria 4x200m Freestyle
Bronze 2006 Victoria 400m Freestyle

Klete Keller (born March 21, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American freestyle swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4x200 m freestyle relay. In the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds. This was the first time Australia had been beaten in the event in over seven years. The American relay of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Keller are undefeated since the Athens Games. Vanderkaay, Larsen Jensen, Erik Vendt, and Keller make up the core of the premier American mid-distance/distance freestyle swimmers.

Keller attended The University of Southern California for two years from 2000-2001, but left school to focus on swimming.[1] While at USC, Keller won multiple individual and relay Pac-10 and NCAA Championships in the 200, 500 and 1650 yard freestyle, as well as freestyle relays.

Keller has also won many U.S. National Titles and FINA World Championship medals, primarily in 200 and 400m freestyles and the 4x200m free relay.

From 2004-2007, Keller trained at the University of Michigan under Bob Bowman and former head coach Jon Urbanchek. He has left Ann Arbor and returned to USC to finish school and train under coach Dave Salo.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ ESPN Sydney Swimming. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  5. ^ 2002 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
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Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay

1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) | 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) | 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) | 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) | 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) | 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) | 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) | 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) | 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) | 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) | 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) | 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) | 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) | 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) | 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) | 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) | 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) | 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Taianovich, Sadovyi) | 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) | 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) | 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
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