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Peter Vanderkaay

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Peter William Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist who competed for the University of Michigan who specialized in middle and long distance freestyle events. He was a member of the United States Olympic team in 2004, 2008, and 2012, and won gold medals in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Peter Vanderkaay is the 607th most popular swimmer (down from 546th in 2024), the 20,087th most popular biography from United States (down from 19,238th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Peter Vanderkaay ranks 607 out of 709. Before him are Mehdy Metella, Simona Quadarella, Leisel Jones, Nikolay Skvortsov, Tang Yi, and Erika Villaécija. After him are Matti Mattsson, Boglárka Kapás, João Gomes Júnior, Evgeny Rylov, Konrad Czerniak, and Marta Fiedina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Peter Vanderkaay ranks 1,493. Before him are Felipe, Marco Aurelio Fontana, Draško Brguljan, Kei Kamara, Erika Villaécija, and Takanobu Komiyama. After him are Martin Vunk, Bobby Brown, Andrea Lazzari, Márcio Araújo, Rana Daggubati, and Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Vanderkaay ranks 20,095 out of 20,380. Before him are Tay Zonday (1982), Brad Wanamaker (1989), Brad Oleson (1983), Michael Waltrip (1963), Izabela Vidovic (2001), and Edward Moss (1977). After him are John Sarbanes (1962), Eamon (1983), Kiiara (1995), Jake Shields (1979), Tiffany Dupont (1981), and Bobby Brown (1984).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Peter Vanderkaay ranks 161. Before him are Farida Osman (1995), Cullen Jones (1984), Brooke Bennett (1980), Annie Lazor (1994), Kaitlin Sandeno (1983), and Megan Jendrick (1984). After him are Eric Namesnik (1970), Ryan Murphy (1995), Katie Hoff (1989), Nathan Adrian (1988), Cristina Teuscher (1978), and Garrett Weber-Gale (1985).

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