Scott Weltz
Personal information | |
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Full name | Scott William Weltz |
Nickname | Scotty |
National team | United States |
Born | (1987-03-19) March 19, 1987 (age 37) San Jose, California, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm) |
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke, individual medley |
Club | Marin Pirates |
College team | University of California, Davis |
Scott William Weltz (born March 19, 1987) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. Weltz was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and placed fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Early years
Weltz was born in San Jose, California. He was a member of the San Jose Aquatics Club from the age of 7. He swam while attending Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose.[1][2] He attended the University of California, Davis. Weltz was coached by Peter Motekaitis before the men's swim program was terminated at UC Davis.
2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Weltz made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by finishing first in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:09.01.[3] Weltz also finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:00.68.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Weltz placed fifth in the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:09.02.[5] His semifinal time the day before (2:08.99) and Olympic Trial time (2:09.01) showed remarkable consistency.
References
- ^ "Scott Weltz beats Brendan Hansen, Eric Shanteau in 200 breast - 2012 Olympics - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "Scott Weltz upsets Brendan Hansen, Eric Shanteau in 200 breast - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Scott Weltz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
- Scott Weltz at World Aquatics
- Scott Weltz at Olympics.com
- Scott Weltz at Olympic.org (archived)
- Scott Weltz at Olympedia
- Scott Weltz at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Scott Weltz at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Scott Weltz – University of California, Davis athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2011)
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- Anthony Ervin
- Jimmy Feigen
- Andrew Gemmell
- Matt Grevers
- Brendan Hansen (team captain)
- Charlie Houchin
- Connor Jaeger
- Cullen Jones
- Jason Lezak (team captain)
- Ryan Lochte
- Tyler McGill
- Matt McLean
- Alex Meyer
- Michael Phelps
- Eric Shanteau
- Davis Tarwater
- Nick Thoman
- Peter Vanderkaay (team captain)
- Scott Weltz
- Cammile Adams
- Alyssa Anderson
- Haley Anderson
- Elizabeth Beisel
- Rachel Bootsma
- Natalie Coughlin (team captain)
- Claire Donahue
- Missy Franklin
- Jessica Hardy
- Kathleen Hersey
- Kara Lynn Joyce
- Ariana Kukors
- Breeja Larson
- Micah Lawrence
- Katie Ledecky
- Caitlin Leverenz
- Lia Neal
- Lauren Perdue
- Allison Schmitt
- Rebecca Soni (team captain)
- Chloe Sutton
- Dana Vollmer
- Shannon Vreeland
- Amanda Weir
- Kate Ziegler
- Bob Bowman (asst. men's coach)
- Steve Bultman (asst. women's coach)
- David Marsh (asst. men's coach)
- Teri McKeever (women's head coach)
- Tim Murphy (open water head coach)
- Eddie Reese (asst. men's coach)
- Dave Salo (asst. women's coach)
- Todd Schmitz (asst. women's coach)
- Gregg Troy (men's head coach)
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