.jpg/300px-Anthony_Ervin_at_start_of_50m_free_(27023743703).jpg "Anthony Ervin biography")
Anthony Ervin
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1981 –
Who is Anthony Ervin?
Anthony Lee Ervin is an American competition swimmer who has won two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. He is the first swimmer of African American descent to medal in Olympic swimming.
Ervin stopped swimming competitively at the age of 22 in 2003, auctioned off his 2000 Olympic gold medal on eBay to aid survivors of the 2004 tsunami, but he began to train again in 2011.
Ervin competed in the 50-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed fifth.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- May 26, 1981
Hollywood - Also known as
- Anthony Lee Ervin
- Tony
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Anthony Ervin." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/anthony_ervin>.
Discuss this Anthony Ervin biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In