Elvis Burrows
{{Short description|Bahamian swimmer (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Elvis Burrows
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| fullname = Elvis Vereance Burrows
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| national_team = {{BAH}}
| collegeteam = University of Kentucky (U.S.)
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| coach = Gary Conelly
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Freeport, Bahamas
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| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| strokes = Freestyle, butterfly
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Bahamas}}
{{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Mayagüez| 50 m butterfly}}
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Elvis Vereance Burrows (born 24 February 1989) is a Bahamian swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Elvis Burrows|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/elvis-vereance-burrows-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200224112906/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/elvis-vereance-burrows-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 24 February 2020|access-date = 21 November 2012}} He is a four-time national record holder in his respective swimming events, and is a member of Kentucky Wildcats swimming team, upon his admission at the University of Kentucky.
Biography
Career
Burrows started out his swimming career, when he and his family moved to the United States to pursue his father's education with a doctorate of philosophy in theology. He won a state championship title for the sprint freestyle in 2005, and later emerged as the most valuable swimmer of the year at Seneca High School MCA in Louisville, Kentucky. With his outstanding achievements, he was eventually recruited by Gary Conelly, a coach and a relay swimmer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, to play for the Kentucky Wildcats swimming team.{{cite news|author=Duffy, Mary |title=Swimmer gets his feet wet in the music industry |url=http://kykernel.com/2011/02/17/swimmer-gets-his-feet-wet-in-the-music-industry/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128043616/http://kykernel.com/2011/02/17/swimmer-gets-his-feet-wet-in-the-music-industry/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 January 2013 |publisher=Kentucky Kernel |date=17 June 2008 |accessdate=21 November 2012 }} As a member of the team, Burrows earned two All-American honors for the freestyle and medley relays at the NCAA championships.
Burrows made into the international scene, when he represented his homeland Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed for the men's 50 m freestyle, and swam against contenders, including Switzerland's Flori Lang and Lithuania's Rolandas Gimbutis, in the eighth heat of the competition. Burrows completed his event, with a time of 23.19 seconds, finishing seventh in the heats, but placing fifty-second in the overall standings.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Freestyle – Heat 8 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM010900/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=21 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821063145/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM010900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }} Despite his disappointing result at the Olympics, Burrows eventually emerged as one of Bahamas' most prominent swimmers in the late 2000s. At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, he had set four national records in the men's sprint freestyle and butterfly events, which were all previously held by former Olympic swimmer Allan Murray.{{cite news|title=Swimming sensation Vereance Burrows |url=http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/sports/72030553378828.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222012856/http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/sports/72030553378828.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 February 2013 |publisher=The Freeport News |date=11 January 2011 |accessdate=21 November 2012 }} He also competed at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and won a bronze medal in the men's 50 m butterfly event, with an impressive time of 24.30 seconds.{{cite news|title=Vereance Burrows wins a bronze at the 21st Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/sports/Vereance_Burrows_comes_home_with_a_bronze_at_the11925.shtml|publisher=The Bahamas Weekly|date=9 August 2010|accessdate=21 November 2012}}
In 2010, Burrows graduated with a bachelor's degree of hospitality management and tourism with majors in nutrition and food science. He is currently working as a music producer and a songwriter. Burrows also tried out for the 2012 Olympics but he missed the qualification standard.
References
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External links
- {{FINA}}
- {{Swimrankings|4299250}} (The Bahamas)
- {{Swimrankings|4949622}} (United States)
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825003403/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D64517/bio/index.html |title=NBC 2008 Olympics profile |date=dmy}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524150413/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/burrows_elvis00.html |title=Player Bio – Kentucky Wildcats Official Athletic Site |date=dmy}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130128151900/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_SW@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=250251.htm |title=Profile – 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games |date=dmy}}
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Category:Bahamian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for the Bahamas
Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Bahamas
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas
Category:Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for the Bahamas
Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's swimmers
Category:Bahamian expatriate swimmers in the United States