Grant Shoults

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Grant Shoults
Personal information
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1997-06-06) June 6, 1997 (age 26) [1]
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Mission Viejo Nadadores [2]
College team Stanford University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Singapore 200 m freestyle
World University Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Taipei 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Taipei 400 m freestyle

Grant Shoults (born June 6, 1997) is a retired [3] American competitive swimmer who won the gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. [4] [5] He also won the silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle. Together with his teammates, he holds the junior world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.

Shoults also participated in the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii. [6]

He attends Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Southern California [7] and committed to swimming at Stanford in college in 2016. [8]

In addition, Shoults has won several CIF titles.

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