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Jason Lezak

Jason Lezak at the Maccabiah Games 07/2009
Personal information
Full nameJason Edward Lezak
NationalityUnited States
StrokesFreestyle
Birth dateNovember 12, 1975(age 34)
Birth placeIrvine, California, United States
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight210 lb (95.3 kg)

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Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American Olympic swimmer.

He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club. The head coach, Jeff Julian, is a good friend.

He is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighs 93 kg (205 pounds). Lezak is a specialist in the 50 and 100 m freestyle races. He also owns long-course world records in the 400m freestyle and medley relays, as well a former American record holder in the 100 Free. Lezak is one of the few elite swimmers not to have a personal coach. Despite this, Lezak enjoys team sports and fellow American Gary Hall Jr. dubbed Lezak as a "professional relay swimmer" at the 2004 Olympic Trials before their matchup in the 100m freestyle.

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Dive into the Maccabi Experience - Baltimore Jewish Times Tweet this news
Baltimore Jewish Times--Ryan Lochte, -Jason Lezak-, and Mark Spitz. All of these internationally known swimmers have something in common. They are all Jewish and they are looked upon ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:33:46 GMT+00:00
Volunteer swimming official has an eye on 2012 Olympics - Jewish Community Voice Tweet this news
Jewish Community Voice---...- who won seven Olympic gold medals at the 1972 games, and -Jason Lezak-, who not only swam the critical anchor leg of the 4x100 relay in Beijing, ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:43:59 GMT+00:00
Lezak finds balance in life - OCRegister Tweet this news
OCRegister--Irvine's -Jason Lezak-, left, and Michael Phelps chatted during media day Monday for the ConocoPhillips National Championships in Irvine. ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:32:30 GMT+00:00
Olympian, world record holder coming to Shelby - Shelby Star Tweet this news
Shelby Star---...- for the 4x100-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as part of the relay team with Michael Phelps, -Jason Lezak- and Garrett Weber-Gale. ... - Date : Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:51:17 GMT+00:00
Youth sports briefs: Conejo Simi sending 13 to Los Angeles Grand Prix - Ventura County Star Tweet this news
Ventura County Star---...- Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin, -Jason Lezak- and Rebecca Soni, along with 12 other US Olympians, as they prepare for Summer Nationals in August. ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:57:09 GMT+00:00
Phelps takes on France at the Paris Open - Universal Sports (blog) Tweet this news
Universal Sports (blog)---Jason Lezak- jumped in the water three quarters of a body length behind Bernard at the start of the anchor leg, but he slowly closed the gap and eventually ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:48:33 GMT+00:00
Top Chef Masters Recap - Box Office Prophets Tweet this news
Box Office Prophets--The diner will be Jay Rayner (our usual critic) and -Jason Lezak-, who led the US men's relay team to gold in the 400 meter race in Beijing two years ago. ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 17:38:41 GMT+00:00
Best of the best in class, on field - San Diego Union Tribune Tweet this news
San Diego Union Tribune--But when looking for inspiration in the pool, Coronado High's Andrew Ireland lists another American swimmer, -Jason Lezak-. “He is responsible for the United ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:15:41 GMT+00:00
USC Trojan Tailgate on BRAVO's Top Chef Masters - Monsters and Critics.com Tweet this news
Monsters and Critics.com--Which chef will take the lead in this Quickfire round and please guest-judge Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer -Jason Lezak-? And in the spirit of competition, ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 20:03:18 GMT+00:00
Sarah Jessica Parker Visits WATCH WHAT HAPPENS: LIVE 5/20 - Broadway World Tweet this news
Broadway World--This quickfire round will be judged by Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer -Jason Lezak- and food critic Jay Rayner. In the spirit of competition, the elimination ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 22:33:10 GMT+00:00

Medal Record
Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold2000 Sydney4x100 m medley
Gold2004 Athens4x100 m medley
Gold2008 Beijing4x100 m freestyle
Gold2008 Beijing4x100 m medley
Silver2000 Sydney4x100 m freestyle
Bronze2004 Athens4x100 m freestyle
Bronze2008 Beijing100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold2005 Montreal4x100 m freestyle
Gold2005 Montreal4x100 m medley
Gold2007 Melbourne4x100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold2002 Moscow 4x100 m freestyle
Gold2002 Moscow4x100 m medley
Gold2004 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle
Gold2004 Indianapolis4x100 m freestyle
Gold2004 Indianapolis4x100 m medley
Silver2006 Shanghai4x100 m medley
Bronze2006 Shanghai 4x100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold2002 Yokohama50 m freestyle
Gold2002 Yokohama4x100 m Medley
Gold2006 Victoria4x100 m freestyle
Gold2006 Victoria4x100 m medley
Silver1999 Sydney4x100 m freestyle
Silver2006 Victoria100 m freestyle
Silver2002 Yokohama4x100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold1997 Catania4x100 m freestyle
Maccabiah Games
Gold2009 Israel50 m freestyle
Gold2009 Israel100 m freestyle
Gold2009 Israel4x100 m freestyle
Gold2009 Israel4x100 m medley

2000 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Pat Calhoun * Chad Carvin * Ian Crocker * Josh Davis * Tom Dolan * Nate Dusing * Anthony Ervin * Scott Goldblatt * Gary Hall, Jr. * Tommy Hannan * Klete Keller * Lenny Krayzelburg * Jason Lezak * Tom Malchow * Ed Moses * Aaron Peirsol * Michael Phelps * Jamie Rauch * Kyle Salyards * Chris Thompson * Scott Tucker * Erik Vendt * Neil Walker * Tom Wilkens
Women's Team
Amanda Adkins * Samantha Arsenault * Amanda Beard * B.J. Bedford * Lindsay Benko * Brooke Bennett * Kim Black * Maddy Crippen * Misty Hyman * Kristy Kowal * Diana Munz * Rada Owen * Erin Phenix * Megan Quann * Gabrielle Rose * Kaitlin Sandeno * Courtney Shealy * Staciana Stitts * Julia Stowers * Ashley Tappin * Cristina Teuscher * Jenny Thompson * Dara Torres * Amy Van Dyken
Coaches
Peter Banks * Jack Bauerle * David Marsh * Richard Quick (Women's Head Coach) * Eddie Reese * Dave Salo * Mark Schubert (Men's Head Coach) * Jon Urbanchek

2004 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Ian Crocker * Nate Dusing * Mark Gangloff * Scott Goldblatt * Gary Hall, Jr. * Brendan Hansen * Bryce Hunt * Larsen Jensen * Klete Keller * Dan Ketchum * Lenny Krayzelburg * Jason Lezak * Ryan Lochte * Tom Malchow * Aaron Peirsol * Michael Phelps * Scott Usher * Peter Vanderkaay * Erik Vendt * Neil Walker * Gabe Woodward
Women's Team
Amanda Beard * Lindsay Benko * Caroline Bruce * Kristen Caverly * Haley Cope * Maritza Correia * Natalie Coughlin * Margaret Hoelzer * Katie Hoff * Rhi Jeffrey * Kara Lynn Joyce * Kalyn Keller * Dana Kirk * Tara Kirk * Rachel Komisarz * Colleen Lanné * Diana Munz * Carly Piper * Kaitlin Sandeno * Jenny Thompson * Dana Vollmer * Amanda Weir
Coaches
Bob Bowman * Frank Busch * Teri McKeever * Richard Quick * Eddie Reese (Men's Head Coach) * Dave Salo * Mark Schubert (Women's Head Coach) * Jon Urbanchek

2008 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Nathan Adrian * Ricky Berens * Ian Crocker * Mark Gangloff * Matt Grevers * Brendan Hansen * Larsen Jensen * Cullen Jones * Klete Keller * Jason Lezak * Ryan Lochte * Aaron Peirsol * Michael Phelps * Eric Shanteau * Scott Spann * Gil Stovall * Peter Vanderkaay * Erik Vendt * Dave Walters * Mark Warkentin * Garrett Weber-Gale * Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner
Women's Team
Amanda Beard * Elizabeth Beisel * Elaine Breeden * Caroline Burckle * Natalie Coughlin * (Jessica Hardy) * Kathleen Hersey * Margaret Hoelzer * Katie Hoff * Megan Jendrick * Kara Lynn Joyce * Christine Magnuson * Christine Marshall * Lacey Nymeyer * Allison Schmitt * Emily Silver * Julia Smit * Rebecca Soni * Chloe Sutton * Dara Torres * Kim Vandenberg * Kate Ziegler
Coaches
Jack Bauerle (Women's Head Coach) * Ray Benecki * Bob Bowman * Frank Busch * Sean Hutchison * Teri McKeever * Eddie Reese (Men's Head Coach) * Mark Schubert (National Team Head Coach) * Gregg Troy * Jon Urbanchek * Paul Yetter

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) * 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) * 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) * 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) * 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) * 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) * 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) * 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) * 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960 USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) * 1964 USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) * 1968 USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) * 1972 USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) * 1976 USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) * 1980 Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) * 1984 USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) * 1988 USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) * 1992 USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) * 1996 USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) * 2000 USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) * 2004 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2008 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1993: Fernando Scherer (BRA) * 1995: Fernando Scherer (BRA) * 1997: Francisco Sánchez (VEN) * 1999: Lars Frölander (SWE) * 2000: Lars Frölander (SWE) * 2002: Ashley Callus (AUS) * 2004: Jason Lezak (USA) * 2006: Ryk Neethling (RSA) * 2008: Nathan Adrian (USA)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Brazil (Scherer, Ferreira, Souza, Borges) * 1995: Brazil (Scherer, Massura, Cordeiro, Borges) * 1997: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Lüderitz, Heilmann) * 1999: Australia (Fydler, Pearson, Thorpe, Klim) * 2000: Sweden (Nyström, Frölander, Ohlin, Nystrand) * 2002: United States (Tucker, Marshall, Lezak, Keller) * 2004: United States (Brunelli, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) * 2006: Italy (Calvi, Lanzarini, Galenda, Magnini) * 2008: United States (Lochte, Lundquist, Adrian, Van Wie)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1993: United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray) * 1997: Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim) * 1999: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler) * 2000: United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker) * 2002: United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak) * 2004: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus) * 2008: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle

1985: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1987 - 1991: Tom Jager (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997: Ricardo Busquets (PUR) & Bill Pilczuk (USA) * 1999: Brendon Dedekind (RSA) * 2002: Jason Lezak (USA) * 2006: Cullen Jones (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager) * 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall) * 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker) * 1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe) * 2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1985: USA (Carey, Moffet, Morales, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Veatch, Schroeder, Morales, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Rouse, Korhammer, Morales, Biondi) * 1991: USA (Rouse, Barrowman, Henderson, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall) * 1997: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Dusing, Walker) * 1999: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Wales, Walker) * 2002: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak) * 2006: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1959: Great Britain: Unknown * 1961: Japan: Unknown * 1963: Japan: Unknown * 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman) * 1967: USA: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn) * 1970: USA: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl) * 1973: USA: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox) * 1977: USA: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna) * 1979: Not Held * 1981: USA: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner) * 1983: Soviet Union: * 1985: USA: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi) * 1987: USA: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas) * 1991: USA: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne) * 1993: USA: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox) * 1995: USA: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis) * 1997: USA: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones) * 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine) * 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk) * 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd) * 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard) * 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter) * 2009: USA: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)



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