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Chad La Tourette

Personal information
Full name	Chad La Tourette
Nickname	Frenchie
Nationality	USA
Born	(1988-10-07) October 7, 1988 (age 36) Livermore, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 800 m freestyle 2007 Bangkok 1500 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 800 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 400 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 1500 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 4×200 m freestyle relay Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 800 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 1500 m freestyle

Chad La Tourette (born October 7, 1988) is an American former distance swimmer. La Tourette is a six-time medalist (three golds, three silvers) at the World University Games and two-time silver medalist at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Career

At the 2010 National Championships, La Tourette competed in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. In the 400 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 4th place. In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette handily won with a time of 14:55.39 with his closest competitor eight seconds back.

At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, La Tourette won two silver medals behind Canadian swimmer Ryan Cochrane. In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished with a time of 14:54.48, five seconds behind the eventual winner Cochrane. In the 800 m freestyle, held three days after the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished with a time of 7:51.62. La Tourette said he was not disappointed with his performances but only regretted not staying with Cochrane more.

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, La Tourette competed in two events, the 800 and 1500 m freestyle. In his first event, the 800 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 6th place with a time of 7:46.52. In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 5th place with a time of 14:52.36.

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, La Tourette just missed making the Olympic team by placing third in the 1500 m freestyle with a time of 14:57.53.

Achievements

Personal bests

As of July 31, 2011.

References

1. "2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships – 400 m freestyle results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
2. "2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships – 1500 m freestyle results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
3. "2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 1500 m freestyle results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
4. "2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 800 m freestyle results (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
5. Schaller, Bob (August 24, 2010). "20 Question Tuesday: Chad La Tourette". Swimnetwork. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
6. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
7. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved July 31, 2011.

External links

• Chad La Tourette at World Aquatics
• Chad La Tourette – Stanford Cardinal athlete bio at the Wayback Machine (archived July 24, 2011)

• 1988 births
• Living people
• American male freestyle swimmers
• Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
• Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
• People from Livermore, California
• Sportspeople from Alameda County, California
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
• Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade