Swimming Career
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Grevers won two gold medals by swimming in the preliminary heats of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and 4x100-meter medley relay (swimming the backstroke leg) as the Americans went on to win the finals in those events and medals are awarded to participants at any step along the way. Grevers also won an individual silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke in a time of 53.11 second, 0.57 of a second behind the winner, world record holder Aaron Peirsol.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Grevers was part of U.S. men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team who took the gold ahead of Russia and France. Grevers also earned a gold in the 4x100-meter medley relay for his contributions in the heats.
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