Adam Klein (swimmer)
Appearance
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Full name | George Adam Klein IV | ||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | AK 47, AK, BroskI | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | November 29, 1988||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
College team | Auburn University | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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George "Adam" Klein IV (born November 29, 1988) is an American swimmer. At the 2009 US National Championships and World Championship Trials, Klein placed second to Eric Shanteau in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:10.39,[1] earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. In Rome, Klein was disqualified from the 200m breaststroke preliminaries.[2] Klein also competed in the 50m breaststroke and placed 50th (out of 148 swimmers in the event).[3]
Klein attended Auburn University and trained under head coach Brett Hawke. Klein is a 2007 graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie, Louisiana.
References
[edit]- ^ "2009 National Championships results: Men's 200m breaststroke final" (PDF). July 11, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
- ^ "2009 World Championships results: Men's 200m breaststroke preliminaries" (PDF). July 30, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
- ^ "2009 World Championships results: Men's 50m breaststroke preliminaries" (PDF). July 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Adam Klein at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Adam Klein – Auburn Tigers athlete bio
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American male swimmers
- Auburn Tigers men's swimmers
- Sportspeople from Jackson, Mississippi
- Sportspeople from New Orleans
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- American people of German descent
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- American swimming biography stubs