Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place United States relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. The 37-year-old's life is simply unbelievable: wins Olympic gold as a teenager, hits rock-bottom, becomes homeless and attempts suicide, regains control of life, makes Olympics again, and becomes oldest ever Olympic individual medallist swimmer. It means the American has a different attitude to winning than most. "Winning is not the goal.
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1. He no longer has either of his medals from the Sydney Games. He donated his gold medal for the 50m freestyle to the Red Cross Tsunami relief fund, selling it over eBay and raising just over. College swimming Anthony Ervin (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures) Growing up, Ervin swam for the Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita before choosing to attend the University of. A four-time All-American, Ervin is also a three-time Olympic medalist. In 2000, he tied with Gary Hall Jr. for Olympic gold in the 50-meter freestyle while also picking up gold as a member of the 400 medley relay and silver on the 400 free relay. He was a three-time NCAA champion in the 100 free (2000-02) and voted the Pac-10 Swimmer of the. Anthony Ervin has reclaimed the Olympic title in the swimming's fastest race 16 years after he first won it - to cap a phenomenal career comeback. Ervin, who is now the oldest Olympic.
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Losing His Swimmer Label He had already tried to commit suicide by swallowing a handful of tranquilizers, and he nearly killed himself more than once riding a motorcycle while high on LSD and. Anthony Ervin, Olympic Medalist in 2000, Comes Back in Swimming - The New York Times Spreading Joy of Swimming, Ex-Olympian Finds It Again By Pat Borzi June 28, 2012 OMAHA — The black. Anthony Ervin has capped a remarkable turnaround to become the oldest ever Olympic swimming champion at the age of 35 with victory in the 50m freestyle. The American won joint gold in the. Galleries Anthony Ervin: the oldest individual Olympic gold medal winner in swimming Anthony Ervin celebrates winning gold at Sydney 2000 USA swimmer Anthony Ervin smiles after winning gold in men's 50m Freestyle 1 / 5 Anthony Ervin at Rio 2016 2 / 5 Ervin after winning 50m freestyle at Rio 2016 3 / 5 Anthony Ervin with his Olympic gold medals
Jewish Olympian Anthony Ervin Gets Closer to 2nd Gold in 50M Freestyle Jewish & Israel News
Anthony Ervin will compete in Friday night's men's 50m freestyle having been third-fastest in the semi-final. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Sportblog Olympics 2012: swimming Anthony Ervin Has Set More Milestones than Almost Any Other Swimmer by Tom Slear//Contributor Anthony Ervin can probably claim more superlatives than any other American swimmer. He's been the first, the fastest, the youngest, the oldest, the longest, and as it was once expressed very delicately, the most interesting.
Ervin becomes oldest ever Olympic swimming champion. USA freestyler Anthony Ervin, 35, defies his advancing years to win the 50m sprint 16 years after earning a joint gold medal at Sydney 2000. Show more. American swimmer Anthony Ervin has revealed how he spiralled into a life of alcohol, drugs and sex addiction after he won gold in Sydney in an extraordinary interview coinciding with his Olympic Games comeback.
How Swimmer Anthony Ervin Faced His Demons to Win Rio Gold Men's Journal
2016 Olympic Champion: Anthony Ervin. He indeed is one of the most intriguing swimmers out there. He's owned his transgressions and his story is an extremely interesting read. Very. — Jewish swimmer Anthony Ervin became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in an individual swimming event, at 35 capping a comeback from burnout and drug use in the aftermath of his gold medal at 19.
