Josh Prenot

At 14, swimming for the Santa Maria Club in August 2007 at the Long Course Junior Olympics, he swam a 2:25.50 in the in 200 butterfly, a 2:19.63 in the 200 Individual Medley, and a 4:54.60 in the 400 individual medley, winning all three events and leading Santa Maria to a third place team finish."Swimming, Long Course Junior Olympics", The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, August 3, 2007, pg. MB2 Swimming for the Santa Maria Club in the Central California 2006 Junior Olympics in March in Bakersfield, Prenot received golds in the 500 freestyle and 200 Individual Medley, and received a silver medal in seven other events."Record Finish for SM Club at Junior Olympics", Santa Maria Times, Santa Maria, California, March 23, 2006,pg. 20 In youthful international competition, as a member of the National Junior Team, he had an eighth place finish in the 400 IM at the 2011 Summer Nationals. He captured a fourth place 400 IM finish in the Peru Junior World Championships.{{cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/josh-prenot/8121|title=University of California Golden Bears Swimming and Diving, Josh Prenot|website=calbears.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}}

In the summer of 2012, Prenot just missed qualifying in the 200-meter individual medley at the Olympic trails in Omaha, Nebraska, for the 2012 Olympics. At 19, in the Western Zones Swimming Championships in Clovis, New Mexico in early August, 2012 he won the 200 individual medley, the 100 breaststroke, and the 100 butterfly."SMSC Places Fourth at Zones", Santa Maria Times, Santa Maria, California, August 14, 2012, Pg. B2

Prenot swam for the University of California Berkeley under Head Coach Dave Durden, where in 2012, he began his freshman year. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Berkeley in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Josh Prenot |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/josh-prenot-917023 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.teamusa.com |language=en}}

{{cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/coaches/david-durden/5386|title=University of California Golden Bears, Men's Swimming and Diving, Director of Swimming and Diving, Dave Durden|website=calbears.com|access-date=April 22, 2025}} At the NCAA Championships in 2014, he captured a third place in the 400 IM with a time of 3:38.58, which set a new Berkeley school record, also placing fifth in the 200 IM. In 2016, Prenot won his first NCAA title at the NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in the 400 yd IM. In 2016, he held Berkeley's best men's times in the 400 and 200 Individual Medley and the 200 breaststroke events. At Berkeley, Prenot had one of the fastest collegiate times ever recorded in the 200 IM with a 1:41.79 which he set at the PAC-12 Conference Championships in 2012. After finishing his career at Berkeley, he felt pressure to succeed at the 2016 Olympic Trials.

While at Berkeley, Prenot was a member of the US World University Games team in Gwangju in 2015 where he received golds in the 200 m breaststroke, and the 200 m medley. He also received a silver in the 400 m medley at the 2015 World University Games. {{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/u-s-olympic-trials-josh-prenot-blasts-american-record-of-207-17-in-200-breaststroke/ |title=U.S. Olympic Trials: Josh Prenot blasts American record of 2:07.17 in 200 breast |first1=John |last1=Lohn |date=July 1, 2016 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702151732/http://www.swimvortex.com/u-s-olympic-trials-josh-prenot-blasts-american-record-of-207-17-in-200-breaststroke/ |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

He placed third in the 100 m breaststroke at the US Olympic Swimming Trials. Later in those trials, he set an American record in the 200m breaststroke, also recording the second-fastest performance all-time in the event, winning the final to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/u-s-olympic-trials-josh-prenot-blasts-american-record-of-207-17-in-200-breaststroke/ |title=U.S. Olympic Trials: Josh Prenot blasts American record of 2:07.17 in 200 breast |first1=John |last1=Lohn |date=July 1, 2016 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702151732/http://www.swimvortex.com/u-s-olympic-trials-josh-prenot-blasts-american-record-of-207-17-in-200-breaststroke/ |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:07.53.{{cite web |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=8895&mid=14491 |title=USA Swimming - 20 Question Tuesday: Josh Prenot |website=www.usaswimming.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813010103/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=8895&mid=14491 |archive-date=2016-08-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/136364|title=Olympedia Biography, Josh Prenot|website=olympedia.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}} Dmitry Balandin of Kzakhstan, who won the gold medal in 2:07.46, was not expected to win, and his victory, which was the first medal in swimming for Kzakhstan, was considered an upset. Early favorites in the 200 meter breaststroke in 2016 included 2015 World Champion Marco Koch of Germany who finished seventh, and defending Hungarian Gold medalist in the event Daniel Gyurta who was unable to make the finals. Bronze medal winner Anton Chupkov of Russia who swam a 2:07.70 to finish only .17 behind Prenot, was also an unexpected medalist.

In July 2018, Prenot raced the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials and swam the world's fastest 200m breaststroke time with a 2:07.28.{{cite web |last1=Lepesant |first1=Anne |title=Josh Pernot Swims World-leading 2:07.28 to Win 200 Breast in Irvine |url=https://swimswam.com/josh-prenot-swims-world-leading-207-28-to-win-200-breast-in-irvine/ |website=Swim Swam |date=27 July 2018 |publisher=Swim Swam |access-date=27 July 2018}} In international competition, Prenot finished fourth at the 2014 Pan Pacifics in the 200 breast. He placed third in the 200 breast and 400 IM at the National Championships in 2014. At the 2018 World Championships in Hangzhou, he captured a silver in the 200 meter medley.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/136364|title=Olympedia Biography, Josh Prenot|website=olympedia.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}}

At the 2020 Olympic trials in June 2021 due to COVID, Prenot failed to qualify in the preliminary heats of the 200-meter breaststroke with a 2:13.42, finishing 17th in the trial competition, though beginning with a fourth place seeding. He strongly indicated he would take a long break from competition and very possibly retire after the trials."Orcutt Native Prenot Fails to Advance at U.S. Swim Trials", Santa Maria Times, Santa Maria, California, June 17, 2021, pg. B2

Prenot married his wife, Tiffany Sudarma, on the island of Bali on March 9, 2019. Tiffany was a former swimmer on the Indonesian National Team and swam in college for Daytona State, the University of Miami, and for her last two years at Southern Methodist University. Olympic team mate Ryan Murphy (swimmer) served as a groomsman, and the newlyweds planned to honeymoon in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/sports/olympic-swimmer-josh-prenot-marries-tiffany-sudarma-photos/|title=Josh Prenot Marries Tiffany Sudarma|website=people.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}} The couple had one child as of September 2023 and were living in Austin where Prenot worked for ClickUp, producer of a software product that improved digital productivity.{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/olympic-medalist-josh-prenot-worlds-qualifier-tiffany-sudarma-welcome-baby-emilie/|title=Josh Prenot and Worlds Qualifier Tiffany Sudarma Welcom Baby Emilie|website=swimswam.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}}

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