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American swimmer (born 1980)
Randall Bal (born November 14, 1980) is an American
swimmer who specialized in the
backstroke . He is a former
world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke (long and short course).
[1]
He has won a total of thirteen medals in major international competition,
[1] five golds, six silvers, and two bronze spanning the
World Championships , the
Pan American Games , and the
Pan Pacific Championships .
[2]
Personal
Bal was born in
Fair Oaks, California in 1980, the son of Adrian and Carol Bal. His younger sister, Tamara, swam at
UCLA . Bal attended
Bella Vista High School where he graduated in 1999. From there, he swam for
Stanford University , class of 2003, and graduated with a degree in
psychology .
Swimming career
At the
2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, he took the silver medal in the 100 Back, but he finished a surprising sixth (his PB would have won the event) in the 50 Back. He won another silver on the medley relay. He was the top qualifier in the 100 Back at the 2008 Olympic Trials, in both the preliminaries and semi-finals, with the then-third fastest time ever in the semis (53.09), but he faded to fourth in the finals,
[1] finishing behind
Aaron Peirsol , who set a new World Record of 52.89,
Matt Grevers , and
Ryan Lochte .
[3] In 2008 Randall broke both the World Record (24.33 LCM & 22.87 SCM) in the 50 backstroke and missed the 100 LCM backstroke World Record by .04 of a second. He is currently training in northern California.
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2003 :
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2007 :
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