Matthew McLean (born May 13, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who has been a member of several winning U.S. teams in

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relay events. He was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the

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Early years

McLean was born in

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.ReachForTheWall.com
Matt McLean
. Retrieved July 12, 2012. He grew up in

Sterling, Virginia Sterling, Virginia, refers most specifically to a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population of the CDP as of the 2010 United States Census was 27,822. The CDP boundaries are confined to a relatively s ...

, and attended

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in Sterling, where he was a member of the Potomac Falls Panthers swim team.VirginiaSports.com, Men's Swimming & Diving
Matt McLean
. Retrieved July 12, 2012. McLean won state championships in the 500-yard freestyle and twice in the 200-yard freestyle, and set a new state record in the 200.

College career

He received an athletic scholarship to attend the

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, and swam for the

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team in

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(NCAA) competition from 2008 to 2011. During his four years as a UVA swimmer, he won seventeen

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(ACC) championships, and received fifteen All-American honors. He was recognized as the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2008, ACC Swimmer of the Year in 2009 and 2011, and ACC Swimmer of the Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2011. As a senior in 2011, he won the NCAA national championship in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:10.15. He graduated from Virginia with a

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in sociology in 2011.USA Swimming, National Team Bios
Matt McLean
. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

Professional career

After graduating from the University of Virginia, McLean began training under coach

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in London, he earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminaries of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Following his Olympic run, he won gold in the 4×200 freestyle relay at both the

2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.the short course version in

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. Additionally, he won gold in the long course 4×200 freestyle relay in the

2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2014 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 21 to 25 August 2014. Qualifying cr ...

. As of 2014, he is a member of the North Baltimore Aquatic Center.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Matt 1988 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming People from Sterling, Virginia Sportspeople from Cleveland Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Virginia Cavaliers men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade

Early years

College career

Professional career

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