Justin Ress (born August 3, 1997) is an American

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. As a member of the USA national team Justin won the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke at the 2022 FINA World Championships and was a member of the USA gold medal winning 4X100 free relay. He was also a key part of the USA team that defeated Australia in the resumption of the Duel in the Pool series in 2022. Ress competed as a member of the

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of the

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from 2019-2021 and looks forward to resumption of ISL in the near future. Ress was US national champion in the 100 backstroke in 2022 and 50 backstroke in 2017 after which he competed in the men's 50 meter backstroke event at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. Ress swam collegiately for

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where he was a 3-time NCAA champion, 21-time NCAA All-American, and 11-time ACC champion. In his first year at school he won the 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year award.

Early life

Ress is a native of

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who attended

Cary High School Cary High School is one of six public high schools in Cary, North Carolina and is part of the Wake County Public School System. In 1907, Cary High School became the first state-funded public high school in North Carolina.Byrd, Thomas M. and Costo ...

. He swam for Cary High School and trained with the Marlins of Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2014, he was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

Career

At the 2017 US Nationals Ress won the 50 meter backstroke securing his spot on the World Championship roster. He finished in 24.41 to set a new championship record and beat the past two Olympic Champions in the 100 meter backstroke,

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and Ryan Murphy, in the process. At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

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Ress place 6th in the 50 meter backstroke. Ress was the runner up in the 50 meter backstroke (24.31) and finished third in the 100 meter backstroke (53.26), both personal bests, at the U.S. National Championships. His third-place finish in the 100 meter backstroke got him a spot on the 2018 Pan Pac team. At the 2019 World University Games Ress earned a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 53.81. He later tied for gold in the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 24.48. Ress ended his program with the 4×100 meter medley relay, where he led off Team USA in 53.31 en route to a gold medal. In 2019 he was a member of the inaugural

representing the

, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Ress showed his versatility by competed in sprint freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and relays throughout the season. At the 2020 Olympic Trials, Justin swam the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Backstroke. In the 100 Backstroke semifinals, he qualified 4th with a best time of 52.86, but failed to make the team the following day. On the Final day of the trials, he swam a 22.15 in the 50 Freestyle placing 7th, failing to qualify for the Olympic Team. In August 2022, at the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships held in

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, Ress won the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 23.16 seconds and silver medals in the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle, finishing only behind

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

of Australia in both events.Hy-Tek (August 27, 2022)
"2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results"
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Career best times

Short course meters (25 m pool)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ress, Justin 1997 births Living people American male swimmers Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade silver medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) NC State Wolfpack men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People from Cary, North Carolina