Nathan Adrian

Nathan Adrian is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who once held the American record in the long course 50 metre freestyle. Born in Bremerton, Washington in 1988, he swam for the University of California, Berkeley, where he won five individual NCAA titles. He made his Olympic debut at Beijing in 2008, earning a relay gold for his swim in the heats, and at London in 2012 he won the 100 metre freestyle and the medley relay and took silver in the freestyle relay. At Rio in 2016 he was part of the winning 4x100 metre freestyle relay with Michael Phelps, Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held, and he also won individual bronze medals in the 50 and 100 metre freestyles.