Elizabeth Pelton

Elizabeth Pelton

Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Anne Pelton
Nickname(s)	"Liz"
National team	United States
Born	November 26, 1993 Fairfield, Connecticut
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, medley
Club	T2 Aquatics Swim Club
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States World Championships (LC) 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 200 m backstroke 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m freestyle 2011 Guadalajara 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m medley 2011 Guadalajara 100 m backstroke Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 100 m backstroke

Elizabeth Anne Pelton (born November 26, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer and FINA world champion.

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

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

References

1. USA Swimming (September 12, 2011). "USA Swimming Organization National Team".
2. Amy Shipley (August 1, 2009). "Pelton Grabs 6th in 200 Back After Relay Disappointment".
3. "Pelton Breaks American Record at PAC 12s"

External links

• USA Swimming athlete bio: Elizabeth Pelton