Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive
swimmer specializing in the breaststroke. In 2019, he was named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year. At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the
2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
The 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 25–30, 2015, in Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies abou ...
in Singapore, where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke.
Whitley was named ''
Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year for 2015.
Personal life
Whitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from
William Penn Charter School
William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1689 at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be op ...
in Philadelphia in 2018.
He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test. He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7,
but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.
References
External links
California Golden Bears bio
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2000 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
California Golden Bears men's swimmers
William Penn Charter School alumni