Anthony Ervin

Anthony Lee Ervin (° Burbank, the May 26th 1981), is a swimmer states-unien, specialist in the freestyle.

Biography

Anthony Ervin initially swam for the Canyons Aquatic Club and of Santa Clarita then, at the time of his academic works, for the the University of California, Berkeley, gaining, as well individually as with the shift team, of many tests at the time of the championships NCAA of the years 2000 to 2003.

He is Olympic champion of the 50 m freestyle in 2000, then the following year, in this same discipline and that of the 100 m freestyle, world champion.

In May 2005, it sells with the biddings, on the site of Ebay, its Olympic gold medal for an amount of: 17100 $ and made gift of this sum to UNICEF for the victims of the tsunami of December 26th, 2004.

Prize list

Olympic Games of summer

Olympic Games of summer of 2000 to Sydney Australia

gold medal of the test of the 50 m freestyle (Time: 21" 98)
medal of money of the test of relay 4x100 m freestyle (Time: 3 ' 13" 86) (Anthony Ervin~Neil Walker~Jason Lezak~ Gary Jr Hall.)

Championships of the world of swimming

Championships of the world of swimming 2001 with Fukuoka Japan

gold medal of the test of the 50 m freestyle (Time: 22" 09)
gold medal of the test of the 100 m freestyle (Time: 48" 33)

with money Yokohama Japan

medal of the test of the 50 m freestyle (Time: 22" 28)
medal of money of the test of relay 4x100 m freestyle (Time: 3 ' 15" 41) (Anthony Erving~Scott Tucker~Nate Dusing~Jason Lezak)

Record

World records of the 50 m freestyle, out of basin of 25 m, the March 23rd 2000 with Mineapolis, in 21" 21 .

World records of swimming Sirs of the 50 meters freestyle