Austin Surhoff
{{Short description|American swimmer}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Austin Surhoff
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| strokes = Backstroke, freestyle, medley
| club = University of Texas
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1990|11|27}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| height = 6 ft 4 in
| weight = 201 lb
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade }}
{{MedalSilver | 2013 Kazan | 4×200 m freestyle }}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Monterrey|200 m medley}}
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Austin Surhoff (born November 27, 1990) is an American swimmer. His paternal grandfather Dick Surhoff played in the NBA and was a world class softball player.
Swimming career
As a college swimmer at Texas, Surhoff is a 3-time NCAA champion, winning the 200 yard IM and team title in 2010, and the 4x100 free relay in 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/23873.asp |title=NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Texas' Austin Surhoff Touches Out Florida's Shaune Fraser in 200 IM |date=March 26, 2010 |work=Swimming World |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233942/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/23873.asp |archive-date=2013-10-04}} He also won the 200 yard IM and 200 yard backstroke at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.{{cite news |url=http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/022510aab.html |title=Feigen, Surhoff earn NCAA automatic-qualifying marks at Big 12 Championships |website=texassports.com |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611070859/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/022510aab.html |archive-date=June 11, 2011}}
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Surhoff placed 13th in the 200 m IM and 24th in the 200 m backstroke. At the 2009 U.S. National Championships, he placed 14th in the 200 m backstroke and 20th in the 100 m backstroke. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, he bettered his 2008 finish with 4th place in the 200 m IM and was 15th in the 400 m IM.
Personal
Surhoff was born in Milwaukee when his father, B. J. was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Surhoff's father played 19 seasons of Major League Baseball between three teams. His mother, Polly, swam for The University of North Carolina and won a silver medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1983 Pan American Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/03/31/austin-surhoff-makes-splash-in-leading-texas-to-crown/ |title=Austin Surhoff makes splash in leading Texas to crown |work=Baltimore Sun |first=Mike |last=Klingaman |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707210338/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-31/sports/bal-sp.surhoff31mar31_1_ncaa-title-texas-coach-eddie-reese-olympic-champion-michael-phelps |archive-date=July 7, 2011}} He currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he serves as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Virginia swim team.{{cite news |url=https://swimswam.com/austin-surhoff-named-volunteer-assistant-at-virginia/ |title=Austin Surhoff Named Volunteer Assistant at Virginia |work=SwimSwam |first=Braden |last=Keith |date=May 4, 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{USA Swimming|new_id=austin-surhoff|archive=20210602215526}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528001619/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/surhoff_austin00.html |title=Austin Surhoff – University of Texas bio |date=mdy}}
{{Footer NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships – men's 200 y individual medley champions}}
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Category:American male swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Milwaukee
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States