Reece Whitley

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Reece Whitley
Personal information
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 24) [1]
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. [2]
Height6 ft 8 in (203 cm) [3]
Weight245 lb (111 kg) (2015) [4]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubPenn Charter Aquatic Club [3]
College team University of California, Berkeley [5]
CoachCrystal Keelan [3]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
World Junior Championships 050
Total050
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Singapore 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m mixed medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Maui 100 m breaststroke
Representing the California Golden Bears
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Event1st2nd3rd
NCAA Championships 042
Total042
By race
Event1st2nd3rd
100 y breaststroke001
200 y breaststroke010
4×50 y medley011
4×100 y medley020
Total042
NCAA Championships
NCAA logo.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Austin 4×50 y medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Austin 4×100 y medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Greensboro 200 y breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Greensboro 4×100 y medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Greensboro 100 y breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Greensboro 4×50 y medley

Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in the breaststroke. In 2019, he was named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year. [6] At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, [7] where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke. [1]

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Whitley was named Sports Illustrated Kids' SportsKid of the Year for 2015. [8] [9] [10]

Personal life

Whitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 2018. [3] He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test. [11] He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7, [10] [12] but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012. [3]

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