Reed Malone

Reed Malone
Personal information
Full name Reed Malone
National team  United States
Born (1995-04-03) April 3, 1995
Winnetka, Illinois
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Trojan Swim Club
College team University of Southern California
Coach Dave Salo

Reed Malone (born April 3, 1995) is an American competition swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He has won a total of four medals in a major international competition, two golds, one silver, and one bronze, spanning the World Championships and the Summer Universiade.

Malone first established himself into the world swimming scene at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, where he produced a tally of three medals, two golds and one bronze. On the third night of the competition, Malone swam his two finals with only an hour in between. First, he lowered his personal best in 1:47.15 to lead the medal haul for the Americans with a gold in the 200 m freestyle.[1] Fresh off his illustrious triumph in the 200 m freestyle, Malone came back later in the session to complete an epic double with a bronze-winning time of 3:50.13 in the 400 m freestyle.[2] Malone followed his double feat by claiming a gold medal with the U.S. team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay three days later. Swimming the second leg, Malone recorded a fastest split of the race in 1:47.06 to pull off a commanding lead for the Americans with a final time of 7:10.82.[3][4]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Malone achieved a silver medal as a newcomer to the U.S. swimming team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He swam a 1:46.92 split on the third leg to maintain a strong, body-length lead for the Americans throughout the race, before losing their defense to the Brits by just four tenths of a second (0.4), finishing with a final time of 7:04.75.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 World University Games: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". Swimming World Magazine. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reed Malone Doubles Up to Lead Team USA Swimming in Gwangju". Team USA. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap". Swimming World Magazine. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "USA Swimming Adds Another Three Gold Medals at World University Games". Team USA. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "American Winning Streaks Halted at FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Swimmers Add Three Silver Medals To Worlds Total". USA Swimming (Team USA). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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