Sean Grieshop (born November 23, 1998) is an American competitive swimmer. Grieshop swam for Nitro Swimming in Texas, and after setting numerous National Age Group records, he now swims for the University of California Berkeley Golden Bears. At the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 1500 meter freestyle with a time of 15:29.87.[1] While competing at the 2015 World Junior Championships, he set his first Junior World Record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with teammates Grant Shoults, Maxime Rooney, and Grant House. At the same meet, he won the gold medal in the 400m individual medley as well as bronze in the 200m individual medley.

Sean Grieshop
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornNovember 23, 1998 (1998-11-23) (age 25)
Height6 ft 2 in (188.0 cm)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples 400 m medley
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 200 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Maui 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Maui 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 1500 m freestyle
Representing the California Golden Bears

Event 1st 2nd 3rd
NCAA Championships 0 2 1
Total 0 2 1
By race
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
500 y freestyle 0 1 0
400 y medley 0 1 1
Total 0 2 1
NCAA Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Austin 500 y freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Austin 400 y medley
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Greensboro 400 y medley

At the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, Grieshop set his first individual Junior World Record in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:14.00.[2] In August, at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui, Hawaii, he won the gold medal in the 400 meter individual medley with a 4:16.05 and a silver medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay with a final relay time of 7:22.73, contributing a split time of 1:50.76 for the fourth leg of the relay.[3]

In 2018, Grieshop qualified for the Pan Pacific Championships in the 400 Individual Medley.

In 2019, Grieshop placed 2nd in the 400 IM at the World University Games.

In 2021, Grieshop placed 16th in the 400 IM at the US Olympic Trials.[4]

He has been named to the United States National Team (USA Swimming) for 3 consecutive years.

References

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  1. ^ Hy-Tek (August 31, 2014). "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mens 400m Medley Heats Results". omegatiming.com. June 26, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Hy-Tek (August 27, 2016). "Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Bears Open Competition At U.S. Olympic Trials". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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