Sunday, August 05, 2012

American Olympic Swimmer Cullen Jones



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Career Highlights

Qualified for the 2012 Olympic team by finishing first in the 50m free and second in the 100m free ... Second place finisher in the 50m freestyle at the 2010 ConcoPhillips National Championships … Broke the 50m free American record and won gold in the men's 4x100m free relay at the 2009 World Championships ... Earned a gold medal and set a world record as a member of the 400m free-relay at the 2008
Olympic Games ... 2007 world champion as a member of the men's 400m free-relay ... Captured silver in the 50m free at the 2007 World Championships ... Captured gold in championship-record time in the 50m free at the 2006 Pan Pacs ... Became the first African-American swimmer to break a long-course world record ... Captured his first U.S. national title in the 50m free at the 2006 Nationals ... Silver medalist in the 50m free at the 2006 SC World Champs, setting the championship record in the semis

Favorites

U.S. city: New York City ... int'l destination: London ... band: Linkin Park ... celebrity: Michael Jordan; "I like to model my attitude after him." ... summer activity: going to amusement parks ... movies: Snatch, Van Wilder, Just Friends, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Waiting ... tv: Nip/Tuck, Dirt, Weeds

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