Bowen Becker, Blake Pieroni, Caeleb Dressel
Bowen Becker, Blake Pieroni, Caeleb Dressel

Blake Pieroni is a competitive swimmer born in Crown Point, Indiana, United States. He grew up in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana.

Pieroini is 6'2" tall and his registered weight is 190 lbs. Here are 13 more things about him:

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  1. In 2014, he graduated from Chesterton High School.
  2. From 2014 to 2019, he attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana where he earned his bachelor's degree in human biology.
  3. At the 4th Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) World Junior Swimming Championships, which was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from August 26-31, 2013, he won bronze in the 4 x 200-meter freestyle with the men's relay team.
  4.  On August 7, 2016, he and his teammates Nathan Adrian, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Anthony Ervin, Jimmy Feigen and Michael Phelps won gold in the men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  5. At the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships, which was held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from December 6-11, 2016, he won silver in 4 x 50-meter freestyle and 4 x 200-meter and bronze in 4 x 100-meter freestyle.
  6. At the 17th FINA World Championships, which was held in Budapest, Hungary from July 14-30, 2017, he won gold in 4 x 100-meter and 4 x 100-meter mixed freestyle and bronze in 4 x 200-meter freestyle.
  7. On March 21, 2018, he became the first swimmer to break 1:30 by setting the American and US Open records in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:29.63 at the 2018  National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Townley Haas broke the record on March 23, 2018.
  8. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, which was held in Tokyo, Japan from August 9-14, 2018, he won gold with the men's relay team in the 4 x 200-meter freestyle event.
  9. At the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships, which was held in Hangzhou, China from December 11-16, 2018, he won gold in 200-meter freestyle and in 4 x 100-meter freestyle and medley events as part of the men's relay team.
  10. At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, which was held in Gwangju, South Korea from July 12-28, 2019, he won gold in the 4 x 100-meter and 4 x 100 mixed freestyle teams and bronze as part of the 4 x 200-meter freestyle team.
  11. In 2019, he signed for the LA Current in the inaugural season of the International Swimming League (ISL). In 2020, he signed for the Toronto Titans.
  12. He qualified for the US Olympic Swimming team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay by finishing third in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 48.16 at the US Olympic Swimming Trials, which was held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 4-20, 2021.
  13. He was 25 years old when he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. On July 26, 2021, he, Dressel, Zach Apple, Bowe Becker and Brooks Curry won gold in the men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay swimming. On August 1, 2021, he, Apple, Dressel, Michael Andrew, Hunter Armstrong, Ryan Murphy, Tom Shields and Andrew Wilson won gold in the men's 4 x 100-meter medley relay.

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