Lenny Krayzelburg
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Lenny Krayzelburg

Personal information
Full nameLeonid Krayzelburg
Nicknames"Lenny"
NationalityUnited States
StrokesBackstroke
ClubIrvine Novaquatics
College teamUniversity of Southern California
Birth dateSeptember 28, 1975(age 34)
Birth placeOdessa, Soviet Union
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1.7 in)
Weight87 kg (191.8 lb)

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Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975 as Leonid Krayzelburg; , ) is an American backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

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Preceded by
US Jeff Rouse		Men's 100 metre backstroke
world record holder (long course)
24 August 1999 - 21 August 2004		Succeeded by
US Aaron Peirsol|rec
Preceded by
ES Martin López-Zubero		Men's 200 metre backstroke
world record holder (long course)
27 August 1999 - 20 March 2002		Succeeded by
US Aaron Peirsol|rec
Preceded by
US Jeff Rouse		Men's 50 metre backstroke
world record holder (long course)
28 August 1999 - 27 July 2003		Succeeded by
DE Thomas Rupprath|rec
Awards
Preceded by
US Jeff Rouse &
US Jeremy Linn &
US Mark Henderson &
US Gary Hall, Jr.		Swimming World American Swimmer of the Year
1997 - 2000		Succeeded by
US Michael Phelps

Medal Record
Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold2000 Sydney100 m backstroke
Gold2000 Sydney200 m backstroke
Gold2000 Sydney4x100 m medley
Gold2004 Athens4x100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold1998 Perth100 m backstroke
Gold1998 Perth200 m backstroke
Silver1998 Perth4x100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold2000 Athens4x100 m medley
Silver2000 Athens50 m backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold1997 Fukuoka100 m backstroke
Gold1997 Fukuoka200 m backstroke
Gold1997 Fukuoka4x100 m medley
Gold1999 Sydney100 m backstroke
Gold1999 Sydney200 m backstroke
Gold1999 Sydney4x100 m medley
Maccabiah Games
Gold2001 Israel100 m backstroke
Gold2001 Israel4x100 m medley


Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke

1904 (100 yards): Walter Brack * 1908: Arno Bieberstein * 1912: Harry Hebner * 1920: Warren Kealoha * 1924: Warren Kealoha * 1928: George Kojac * 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa * 1936: Adolph Kiefer * 1948: Allen Stack * 1952: Yoshinobu Oyakawa * 1956: David Theile * 1960: David Theile * 1968: Roland Matthes * 1972: Roland Matthes * 1976: John Naber * 1980: Bengt Baron * 1984: Rick Carey * 1988: Daichi Suzuki * 1992: Mark Tewksbury * 1996: Jeff Rouse * 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg * 2004: Aaron Peirsol * 2008: Aaron Peirsol

Olympic Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke

1900: Ernst Hoppenberg * 1964: Jed Graef * 1968: Roland Matthes * 1972: Roland Matthes * 1976: John Naber * 1980: Sándor Wladár * 1984: Rick Carey * 1988: Igor Polyanskiy * 1992: Martin López-Zubero * 1996: Brad Bridgewater * 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg * 2004: Aaron Peirsol * 2008: Ryan Lochte

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 Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke

1973: Roland Matthes (GDR) * 1975: Roland Matthes (GDR) * 1978: Bob Jackson (USA) * 1982: Dirk Richter (GDR) * 1986: Igor Polyansky (URS) * 1991: Jeff Rouse (USA) * 1994: Martin Lopez-Zubero (ESP) * 1998: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) * 2001: Matt Welsh (AUS) * 2003: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2005: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2007: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2009: Junya Koga (JAP)

World Long Course Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke

1973: Roland Matthes (GDR) * 1975: Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) * 1978: Jesse Vassallo (USA) * 1982: Rick Carey (GDR) * 1986: Igor Polyansky (URS) * 1991: Martin Lopez-Zubero (ESP) * 1994: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) * 1998: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) * 2001: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2003: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2005: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2007: Ryan Lochte (USA) * 2009: Aaron Peirsol (USA)

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 200 m Backstroke

1985: Rick Carey (USA) * 1987: Dan Veatch (USA) * 1989: Dan Veatch (USA) * 1991: Jeff Rouse (USA) * 1993: Royce Sharp (USA) * 1995: Tripp Schwenk (USA) * 1997: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) * 1999: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) * 2002: Aaron Peirsol (USA) * 2006: Aaron Peirsol (USA)

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)

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



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