American swimmer
Charles Houchin (born November 3, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer who has had his greatest international success in
freestyle relay events. He earned a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the
2012 Summer Olympics . He is the CEO and founder of Swimmingly.
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Early years
Houchin graduated from
William G. Enloe High School in
Raleigh, North Carolina . Both of his parents were All-American swimmers for
North Carolina State University . Houchin attended the
University of Michigan , where he swam for the
Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010. He graduated from Michigan with a
bachelor's degree in sports management in 2010. He currently swims for IX3[sports] in Jacksonville, Florida.
Professional career
Houchin used the money he earned from his gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics to found Swimmingly and create Meet Central.
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Swimming career
At the
2010 FINA Short Course World Championships , Houchin won a silver medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay for his contributions in the heats.
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At the
2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Houchin competed in one event, the 400-meter freestyle. Houchin posted a time of 3:48.80 in the heats and did not advance to the final, finishing fourteenth overall.
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At the
2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Houchin won two gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
At the
2012 United States Olympic Trials , the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Houchin made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.88,
[6] which qualified him to swim in the 4×200-meter freestyle as a member of the U.S. relay team. Houchin also competed in the 400-meter freestyle at the trials, and finished fourth overall (3:48.32). At the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, Houchin earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminaries of the
4×200-meter freestyle relay .
At the
2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Houchin combined with
Conor Dwyer ,
Ryan Lochte , and
Ricky Berens in the
4×200-meter freestyle relay , with the team finishing in first place for the gold medal. Swimming the third leg, Houchin recorded a split of 1:45.59, and the team finished with a final time of 7:01.72.
Personal life
Houchin is a Christian. Houchin has spoken about his faith saying, "I like to think I carry a quiet confidence into the water because of my relationship with
Christ .
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See also
References
^ Burkhart, Jessie (January 6, 2014).
"Olympian Swimmer from Raleigh Tests Entrepreneurial Waters" . American City Business Journals. Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2014 .
^
"Summer Swimming's, Simple Mobile App, HydroXphere / Meet Central™ Announces Rebrand to Swimmingly™" . Swimmingly. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
^ Jones, Colleen Michele (January 16, 2014).
"feature[23] helps Olympian 'jump into deep end' with app" . American City Business Journals. Jacksonville Business Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2014 .
^
"2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay (heats)" (PDF) . Omega Timing. Retrieved December 24, 2010 . [
permanent dead link ]
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"2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400-metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF) . Omega Timing. Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2011 .
^ OmegaTiming.com, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming,
Men's 200m Freestyle (final)
Archived September 24, 2015, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved July 16, 2012.
^
"Charlie Houchin" .
External links
Qualification Men's team Women's team Coaches
1973 :
Kurt Krumpholz ,
Robin Backhaus ,
Richard Klatt ,
Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 :
Klaus Steinbach ,
Werner Lampe ,
Hans-Joachim Geisler ,
Peter Nocke (FRG)
1978 :
Bruce Furniss ,
Bill Forrester ,
Bobby Hackett ,
Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1982 :
Richard Saeger ,
Jeff Float ,
Kyle Miller ,
Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 :
Lars Hinneburg ,
Thomas Flemming ,
Dirk Richter ,
Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1991 :
Peter Sitt ,
Steffen Zesner ,
Stefan Pfeiffer ,
Michael Gross (GER)
1994 :
Christer Wallin ,
Tommy Werner ,
Lars Frölander ,
Anders Holmertz (SWE)
1998 :
Michael Klim ,
Ian Thorpe ,
Grant Hackett ,
Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
2001 :
Grant Hackett ,
Bill Kirby ,
Michael Klim ,
Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 :
Grant Hackett ,
Craig Stevens ,
Nicholas Sprenger ,
Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2005 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
Klete Keller (USA)
2007 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Klete Keller ,
Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
2009 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ricky Berens ,
David Walters ,
Ryan Lochte (USA)
2011 :
Michael Phelps ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
Ricky Berens ,
Ryan Lochte (USA)
2013 :
Conor Dwyer ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Charlie Houchin ,
Ricky Berens (USA)
2015 :
Dan Wallace ,
Robert Renwick ,
Calum Jarvis ,
James Guy (GBR)
2017 :
Stephen Milne ,
Nicholas Grainger ,
Duncan Scott ,
James Guy (GBR)
2019 :
Clyde Lewis ,
Kyle Chalmers ,
Alexander Graham ,
Mack Horton (AUS)
2022 :
Drew Kibler ,
Carson Foster ,
Trenton Julian ,
Kieran Smith (USA)
2023 :
Duncan Scott ,
Matt Richards ,
Tom Dean ,
James Guy (GBR)
2024 :
Ji Xinjie ,
Wang Haoyu ,
Pan Zhanle ,
Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)
1951 :
R. Gora ,
B. Jones ,
D. Cleveland ,
B. Heusner (
USA )
1955 :
M. Smith ,
W. Yorzyk ,
W. Moore ,
J. McLane (
USA )
1959 :
D. Blick ,
P. Sintz ,
J. Rounsavelle ,
F. Winters (
USA )
1963 :
G. Ilman ,
R. McDonough ,
D. Lyons ,
E. Townsend (
USA )
1967 :
D. Schollander ,
C. Hickcox ,
G. Charlton ,
M. Spitz (
USA )
1971 :
J. Heidenreich ,
J. McConica ,
S. Genter ,
F. Heckl (
USA )
1975 :
R. DeMont ,
R. Favero ,
B. Horner ,
M. Curington (
USA )
1979 :
B. Goodell ,
D. Larson ,
K. Kirshner ,
R. Gaines (
USA )
1983 :
D. Larson ,
R. Saeger ,
B. Hayes ,
R. Gaines (
USA )
1987 :
P. Robinson ,
B. Jones ,
M. O'Brien ,
J. Witchell (
USA )
1991 :
J. Keppeler ,
J. Wells ,
C. Tippins ,
E. Diehl (
USA )
1995 :
J. Olsen ,
J. Davis ,
R. Berube ,
G. Burgess (
USA )
1999 :
A. Messner ,
D. Phillips ,
D. Howard ,
S. Tucker (
USA )
2003 :
R. Lochte ,
B. Goldberg ,
J. Lee ,
D. Ketchum (
USA )
2007 :
T. Pereira ,
R. Castro ,
L. Salatta ,
N. Oliveira (
BRA )
2011 :
C. Dwyer ,
S. Robison ,
C. Houchin ,
M. Patton ,
D. Madwed ,
R. Feeley ,
R. Tullius ,
R. Margalis (
USA )
2015 :
L. Altamir Melo ,
J. de Lucca ,
T. Pereira ,
N. Oliveira ,
H. Rodrigues ,
K. de Almeida ,
T. Simon (
BRA )
2019 :
L. Altamir Melo ,
F. Scheffer ,
J. de Lucca ,
B. Correia (
BRA )
2023 :
M. Sartori ,
B. Correia ,
F. Scheffer ,
G. Costa ,
L. Altamir Melo ,
L. Coelho Santos ,
F. Ribeiro de Souza (
BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.