Jason Lezak
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| Gold medal | 2004 Athens | Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay |
| Silver medal | 2000 Sydney | Swimming Men's 4x100m freestyle relay |
| Bronze medal | 2004 Athens | Swimming Men's 4x100m freestyle relay |
Jason Edward Lezak (born on November 12, 1975 in Irvine, California) is an American swimmer.
He is a member of the Irvine Novaquatics. He went to Irvine High School in 1994, then to University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and weighs 93 Kg (205 pounds). Lezak is specialist of 50 and 100m freestyle races.
Lezak's first long-course swimpool world gold medal was in 2003, when he won the 4×100m medlay relay, setting new world record. He was also silver medal in the 4×100m freestyle relay. In shourt-course swimpool he was five times world champion, all with relays apart from the 100m single freestyle gold medal in 2004. Lezak has been also 7 times US Champion, 3 times in 50m freestyle and 4 in 100m freestyle.
He competed in several events at the 2004 Olympic Games, and was a member of the 4 × 100 metre Medley Relay team that set a new world record at the games. He also won a bronze medal in the 4×100m freestyle relay, finishing only eighth in the 50m freestyle single race.
In 2005 he was World Champion in the 4×100m medley and freestyle relays with US national team.
Personal bests
His personal bests (long-course swimpools) are:
- 50m freestyle: 21.98
- 100m freestyle: 48.17 (US record)
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