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Lenny Krayzelburg
Four-time Olympic gold medalist, Lenny Krayzelburg, is one of America's most beloved swimmers and decorated heroes of the Olympic Games.
Born in the Ukraine, Krayzelburg's family immigrated to the United States in 1989 to avoid having their only son drafted by the Red Army. In 1995, he proudly became an American citizen and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Finance.
Krayzelburg was a triple gold medalist at the 2000 Olympics, winning gold in the 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke and the 4x100m medley relay. At the 2004 Olympics, Krayzelburg won gold in the 4x100m medley relay as captain of the U.S. Swim Team. Krayzelburg also is an 11-time U.S. National Champion and was twice named USA Swimming's "Swimmer of the Year" (1999 and 2000).
Krayzelburg is focused full time on the developmental side of the sport. He has shifted his intense drive toward growing the popularity of swimming through an expanded role with SwimRoom.com. Launched in 2007, this athlete-created, driven and controlled social networking site is focused on the sport of swimming.
Early in his career, Krayzelburg was building the foundation to his life out of the pool. He launched the Lenny Krayzelburg Swim School (www.LennyKswim.com) in conjunction with the Westside Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2005. The Lenny Krayzelburg Swim School helps participants ranging in age from infants to adults learn how to swim and educates them on water safety.
In addition, he established the Lenny Krayzelburg Foundation in 2003 to help teach underprivileged children in inner city Los Angeles how to swim.
Krayzelburg also co-founded the "Swim with the Stars" (www.swimwiththestars.com) program that was launched following the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Through a variety of camps, clinics, tours and instructional DVD series, Swim with the Stars has helped broaden the exposure of swimming. His most recent production is an instructional DVD titled, "Personal Best Backstroke with Lenny Krayzelburg, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte."