Maxime Rooney (born April 16, 1998) is a retired American competitive

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who won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle at the

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in Singapore. Together with his teammates, he broke the junior world record in the freestyle relay. At the senior 2015

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(

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) in San Antonio, Rooney won the title in the 200 meter freestyle. His winning time of 1:47.10 was the former junior world record.

Personal life

Rooney is half

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and has dual citizenship.

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* * 1998 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers American sportspeople of Filipino descent Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade {{US-swimming-bio-stub