Carson Foster

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Carson Foster
Personal information
National teamUnited States
Born (2001-10-26) October 26, 2001 (age 22) [1]
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
ClubMason Manta Rays
College team University of Texas at Austin
Coach Eddie Reese
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships (LC) 152
World Championships (SC) 332
World Junior Championships 430
Total8114
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Doha 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Melbourne 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Melbourne 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Abu Dhabi 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Budapest 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Indianapolis 200 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Indianapolis4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Budapest200 m backstroke
Junior Pan Pac Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Suva 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Suva200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Suva400 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Suva4×200 m freestyle

Carson Foster (born October 26, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a three-time gold medalist at the 2019 World Junior Championships and a two-time silver medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships. He also represented the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in 2018. [1]

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Early life

When Foster was 10 years old he broke the National Age Group record in the 50-meter butterfly for the 10 and under age group, his swim of 29.91 seconds made him the youngest American to swim the race in less than 30 seconds. [2]

International career

2016 US Olympic Trials

Foster competed at the 2016 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska in the 400-meter individual medley where he finished ranked 43rd overall in the preliminaries. [3]

2020 US Olympic Trials

At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Foster ranked eighth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.67. [4] He also ranked third in the 400-meter individual medley. [5]

College career

Foster is currently enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin where he represents the Texas Longhorns. [1]

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