Joshua Prenot (born July 28, 1993) is an American competitive
swimmer who specializes in
breaststroke and individual
medley events.
Career
In 2012, Josh Prenot began his freshman year at the University of California Berkeley. In 2016, Prenot won his first NCAA title at the
NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
The NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the United States.
The meets take place in a 25-yard pool, except for the Division I meets in 2000 and 2004 which were swum in a 25-meter competi ...
in the 400 yd IM.
After finishing his career there, he felt pressure to succeed at the 2016 Olympic Trials. Prenot was a member of the US World University Games team in 2015. However, he and many other critics felt this was his last chance to be a professional swimmer. At the Trials, he placed third in the 100 m breaststroke at the
US Olympic Swimming Trials. Later in those trials, he set an
American record in the 200m breaststroke, also recording the second-fastest performance all-time in the event, winning the final to qualify for the
2016 Summer Olympics.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:07.53.
In July 2018, Prenot raced the 200m breaststroke at the 2018
Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials and went the world's fastest 200m breaststroke time in 2018 as of July 2018 with a 2:07.28
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1993 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
American male medley swimmers
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in swimming
Sportspeople from Sedalia, Missouri
Universiade gold medalists for the United States
Universiade silver medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
California Golden Bears men's swimmers
21st-century American people
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