Elizabeth Pelton
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Elizabeth Anne Pelton (born November 26, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer and FINA world champion.
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Personal
Pelton trained at the T2 Aquatics Swim Club under Paul Yetter, who also coached Katie Hoff.[1] Elizabeth comes from a swimming family with her older brother Gregory swimming for Harvard, and siblings Mary and William swimming for North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Her father also swam for Pittsburgh.
High School
At the 2009 U.S. Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, and 200-meter individual medley, earning berths on the U.S. national team for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Pelton opted not to compete in the 200-meter individual medley in Rome because of a scheduling conflict with the 100-meter backstroke, and was replaced by Ariana Kukors for the event. Pelton also opted to swim the 50-meter backstroke at the World Championships.
At the 2009 FINA World Championships, Pelton placed sixth in the 200-meter backstroke (2:08.04), 13th in the 100-meter backstroke (1:00.51), and 22nd in the 50-meter backstroke (28.86). Additionally, Pelton swam the backstroke leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay preliminaries, but the U.S. team did not advance to the final.[2]
College
Pelton attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she joined the California Golden Bears swimming team in 2012. In her first season at Cal, she set the American record in the 200-yard backstroke, then bested her own record again at 2013 Pac-12 Conference championships (1:48.39), then breaking the national, U.S. open record at the 2013 NCAAs with 1:47.84.[3]
Personal bests (long course)
- As of June 28, 2013.
| Event | Time | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 50 m backstroke | 28.86 | July 29, 2009 |
| 100 m backstroke | 59.27 | June 28, 2013 |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:06.29 | June 26, 2013 |
See also
References
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- American female backstroke swimmers
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from Fairfield, Connecticut
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
