Matt Grevers

Matt Grevers is a former American competition swimmer who raced the backstroke and freestyle and is a six-time Olympic medalist. Born in 1985 in Lake Forest, Illinois, he attended Lake Forest High School. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he won gold in the 4x100 metre freestyle and medley relays and silver in the 100 metre backstroke. At London in 2012 he won gold in the 100 metre backstroke and the medley relay and silver in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. In major international competition he won thirty-three medals, fourteen gold, twelve silver and seven bronze, across the Olympics, the World Championships and the Universiade.