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A N T H O N Y E R V I NO LY M P I C G O L D M E D A L I S T F O R

T E A M U S A - 2 0 0 0 & 2 0 1 6

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A B O U T A N T H O N YAnthony Ervin is the fastest swimmer on the planet. Ervin struck gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making history by reclaiming the Olympic title he first won as a teenager at the 2000 Sydney Games. After his win in Sydney, Ervin retired from the sport to find himself, setting off on a journey that was part spiritual quest, part self-destructive bender, involving Zen temples, motorcycles, tattoo parlors, and rock ‘n’ roll. Through this journey, Ervin explored a slew of identity labels that had plied his entire career: African-American yet passes for White, Jewish yet celebrates Christmas, the diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome, and the “rebel Olympian” image bolstered by auctioning off his 2000 gold medal to donate the proceeds to 2004 tsunami relief.

In 2012, after being away from the sport for over a decade, Ervin resurfaced to make not only the U.S. Olympic team but to swim faster than ever before. In Rio this year, his circuitous comeback was complete: the oldest swimmer to win a gold in any individual race, he once again earned the title of fastest human in water.

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M A J O R AC H I E V E M E N T S

2 0 1 6• 50 M Freestyle - Gold • 100 M Freestyle Relay - Gold • Team co-captain • Oldest individual Olympic swimming

champion, surpassing Michael Phelps • Tied for longest span between medals

in Men’s Swimming of 16 years

O LY M P I C S

WO R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 4 x 100 Freestyle - Silver

WO R L D C U P• 50 M Freestyle - 2 Silvers, 3 Bronzes • 100 M Freestyle - 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze

2 0 1 3

WO R L D C U P• 50 M Freestyle - 4 Golds, 4 Silvers • American Record (20.85) • 100 M Freestyle - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2

Bronzes • Mixed 4 x 50 Medley - 2 Golds • Mixed 4 x 50 Freestyle - Gold

• 50 M Freestyle - Bronze • 4 x 100 Freestyle - Gold • 4 x 100 Medley - Gold

S C WO R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S

PA N PAC I F I C C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 50 M Freestyle - Silver • 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver

2 0 0 2

WO R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 50 M Freestyle - Gold • 100 M Freestyle - Gold

2 0 0 1

O LY M P I C S• 50 M Freestyle - Gold • 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay - Silver

2 0 0 0

A C H I E V E M E N T S

N C A A C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 3 time champ 100 M Freestyle • 3 time champ 400 M Freestyle Relay • 1 time champ 50 M Freestyle • 5 time runner-up and 27-time NCAA All-

American

9 T I M E A M E R I C A N R E C O R D B R E A K E R• World Record Holder in 2001

O LY M P I A N• Olympic Gold Medalist for Team USA - 2000, 2016

WO R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 4 x 100 M Freestyle Relay • Team co-captain

2 0 1 5

PA N PAC I F I C C H A M P I O N S H I P S• 2 Silver medals

2 0 1 4

• 50 M Freestyle - 5th place

O LY M P I C S2 0 1 2

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P U B L I S H E D A U T H O R

Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian By Anthony Ervin & Constantine Markides

“An inspiring, humorous and often profound biography.” - People Magazine

“Anthony Ervin is a lot of things. He is an open book and a closed circuit, a body fueled by a brain, an old man with a young soul. He is the American Dream. He is, once again, improbably, an Olympic champion.” - Yahoo

“[Ervin’s] story is an amazing comeback tale.” - Huffington Post

“ “Ervin is the most talented swimmer I’ve ever seen.” - Natalie Coughlin, twelve-time Olympic medalist swimmer

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S W I M M I N G W O R L D 2 0 1 3 & 2 0 1 6

2013: Anthony made the cover of SW in 2013 at the start of the year. Photograph by Mike Lewis / Ola Vista Photography 2016: He made the cover yet again after winning Gold in the 50m Freestyle race during the Rio Olympics

P R E S S C OV E R AG E

Anthony Ervin has been featured in a number of press outlets including magazine cover shots, publications, and TV interviews.

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WA L L S T R E E T J O U R N A L

By Alexandra Wolfe - 31 Mar 2017 Photo: Mike Lewis for The Wall Street Journal

When swimmer Anthony Ervin won a gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at last summer’s Olympics in Rio, he set a record: At age 35, he was the oldest athlete ever to win a gold in an individual swimming event. It was a long road to get there.

Full Article

Swimmer Anthony Ervin’s Old-Age Comeback

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T H E

R E D B U L L E T I N

By: Josh Dean | The Red Bulletin | Dec 2016 Photography Credit: Christian Anwander

“There was a time when the weight of a gold medal was more than Anthony Ervin could bear. Then he learned the anxiety was there to be embraced, rebellion to be encouraged and the path to finding himself would lead once again through the pool.”

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S W I M S WA M

Anthony graces the cover of SwimSwam’s 2017 Swimsuit Issue sporting his new ink. Inside this issue, read about Tony through the words of celebrated writer and author, Kip Fulbeck.

Photo Credit: Mike Lewis / Ola Vista Photography

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The Resurfacing of Anthony Ervin By: Constantine Markides

20 Jul 2012

“The fastest swimmer in America right now may not be Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte

but a tattooed, half-black, half-Jewish

grad student with Tourette’s syndrome

who has a history with hallucinogens,

tobacco, fast motorcycles and rock & roll, and has more in common with Kurt Cobain

than with anyone pictured on a Wheaties

box.”

Full Article

R O L L I N G S T O N E

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C B S T H I S M O R N I N G

Swimmer Anthony Ervin returns to glory after 16 years Of the 69 medals U.S. athletes have earned so far in Rio, almost half of them came from swimming. Two

went to Anthony Ervin, an athlete who medaled as a teenager and waited 16 years for his return to glory.

Airdate: 15 Aug 2016 Airdate: 08 Aug 2016

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V I C E S P O R T S

By Aimee Berg - 14 Aug 2016

Photo by Rob Schumacher - USA Today Sports

Full Article

A N T H O N Y E R V I N R E F L E C T S O N H I S C A R E E R , A N D M I C H A E L P H E L P S A F T E R

H I S TO R I C G O L D M E DA L W I N

Mike Piellucci - 28 Mar 2016

Photo by Kirby Lee - USA Today Sports

Full article

Q & A : O LY M P I C G O L D M E DA L I S T A N T H O N Y E R V I N O N L I F E I N A N D O U T

O F T H E P O O L

“[Anthony Ervin] is one of most fascinating athletes in the world & this is the best interview I've ever done.” - Mike Piellucci, VICE SPORTS

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Interview Date: 18 Apr 2017

Olympic Medalist Anthony Ervin in Conversation with Constantine Markides

Full Video

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C N N

Airdate: 18 Jul 2012

2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin returns to swimming after selling his medal and later rediscovering his passion.

Full Video

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L’ E Q U I P E F R A N C E

By Clementine Blondet 18 May 2016

He is rock’n’roll... Après ses titres – olympique en 2000 et mondiaux en 2001 –, le nageur américain a plongé. Une vie d’errance, avant de revenir à la natation, qu’il raconte dans un livre atypique...

Full Article

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M O R E L’ E Q U I P E F R A N C E

By Clementine Blondet 6 Dec 2012

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V E J A B R A Z I L

By Alexandre Salvador 24 Aug 2016

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2 0 M I N U T E S Z U R I C H

By Oliver Dufour 16 Dec 2016 Full Article

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Anthony Ervin, le nageur­philosophe aux mille viespar Oliver Dufour, Lausanne ­ Ce week­end, la 1re Swim Cup

accueille à Lausanne des athlètes auréolés de près de 250

médailles. Dont le fascinant Américain.

Peut-être est-ce parce qu’il est californien et qu’on associe à cet étatde la côte ouest américaine une «coolitude» naturelle propre à unepopulation de surfers, qu’Anthony Ervin paraît si calme et réfléchi.Ca pourrait aussi venir de sa tenue. A mi-chemin entre celle d’unrockeur et d’un intellectuel, avec de petites lunettes rondes qui lui

confèrent des airs de premier de classe, des Converse aux couleurs du drapeauaméricain avec des symboles de paix aux pieds et des tatouages plein les bras. Oupeut-être le nageur de 35 ans est-il tout simplement dans le cirage, après être arrivéle matin-même depuis les USA. Quoi qu’il en soit, l’homme aux quatre médaillesolympiques, dont trois en or, met en effervescence la petite assemblée réunievendredi matin pour présenter la première édition de la Swim Cup, qui se déroulerasamedi et dimanche à Lausanne, en présence d’une armada de nageurs de hautniveau (lire encadré).

«J’ai été invité à la Maison Blanche», s’excuse presque Anthony Ervin, qui n’en étaitpas à sa première expédition à Washington sur requête du couple présidentielObama. «On a fait les célébrations pour Hanukkah. En avance, parce que cette annéeça commence au Réveillon de Noël et qu’à ce moment-là tout le monde aura quitté legouvernement. Voilà pourquoi je ne suis arrivé qu’aujourd’hui (vendredi), au lieud’hier, comme prévu.» Juif pratiquant, Ervin? «Ma mère n’arrête pas de me dire queje suis juif. Moi, je crois en plein de chose, donc je suis croyant. Je suis àl’intersection de plein de croyances. J’ai beaucoup étudié, beaucoup lu de choses etpour l’instant je cueille aux arbres ce qui me parle. Je ne pense pas que Hanukkahsoit la fête la plus importante du judaïsme, mais aux Etats-Unis elle l’est et elleconcerne la liberté religieuse. L’illumination pour éliminer l’obscurité», ajoute celuiqui a notamment trouvé son équilibre dans le bouddhisme zen.

«Les flammes purifiantes de l’opinion publique»

Car «Tony» a connu le besoin de se trouver, de se forger une identité. C’était en2003, trois ans après avoir explosé à la face du monde, âgé de 19 ans, en décrochantl’or olympique à Sydney sur 50m nage libre, en plus de décrocher l’argent sur le 4 x100m libre avec l’équipe. Durant quelques années, l’Américain était l’un des nageurs

Natation 16 décembre 2016 19:57; Act: 16.12.2016 22:02

L'Américain est un cas à part, un véritable intellectuel des bassins. (Photo: Swim Cup/Olivier Gehin

La première Swim Cup àLausanne

Duo de passionnés et membres deLausanne Natation, NicolasBalthasar et Christophe Debizecaressaient le rêve de ramener dansla Cité olympique une compétitionregroupant des nageurs de calibreinternational et certains desmeilleurs Suisses, à l'image duMeeting International de Lausanne(MIL), qui fait les belles années de lanatation vaudoise jusqu'à sadisparition au début des années2000. Le fruit du travail des deuxpatrons de l'événement seconcrétisera ce samedi et dimanche àla piscine de Mon-Repos. «Je nepensais pas pouvoir présenter autantde sportifs de haut niveau dès lapremière édition», s'est ému NicolasBalthasar vendredi en conférence depresse, entouré de quelques-unes deces stars. C'est qu'il y a de quois'enthousiasmer. Les nageurs réunisce week-end cumulent 243 médaillesinternationales, dont 19 olympiques,87 mondiales et 137 continentales.En vrac, on verra bien sûr nagerAnthony Ervin, la triple championneolympique de Rio hongroise KatinkaHosszu, le Sud-Africain CameronVan der Burgh, le Belge PieterTimmers, les Français ClémentMignon et Medhi Metella, ainsi quela crème de la natation suisse avecSascha Touretski, JérémyDesplanches, Alexandre Haldemann,Noémie Girardet et Maria Ugolkova.

Quelques billets sont encoredisponibles pour voir évoluer tout cebeau monde. Les qualificationsdémarreront à 9h30 les deux jourspour se terminer à 12h30. Samedi,les finales se disputeront entre 18h et20h, alors qu'elles auront lieu entre16h et 18h dimanche.http://lausanneswimcup.ch

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T H E G U A R D I A N

Olympic swimming: The amazing adventures of the USA's Anthony Ervin

By Andy Bull - 03 Aug 2012By Andy Bull - 03 Aug 2012

After winning Olympic gold, Ervin quit swimming, abused alcohol and drugs and tried to kill himself, but now he is back in the pool.

Full Article

…You may remember Ervin. He won gold in the 50m freestyle back in Sydney in 2000, tying in a dead heat with the great Gary Hall Jr. Ervin was only 19 at the time. The next year he won the sprint double at the World Championships in Fukuoka. It was not long after that he decided he wanted to see a little more of what life had to offer. "When you strive for something and do well, it's always going to be a double-edged sword," Ervin explained. "You reach your goals but you get cut in the process." He did one more major competition – the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 2002 – and then he dropped out, from stardom, from sport and from Berkeley, where he had a swimming scholarship.

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B E N S H E R M A N

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R E N A I S S A N C E H OT E L S M O S C OW

Photo Credit: Paul Eng

Photos taken for a campaign for Renaissance Hotels in Moscow.

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C O N TA C T

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