SWIMMING FORWARD au Speedo café
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Un Panel de Participants Inspirants
Lors de ce talk, vous aurez l’opportunité d’écouter et d’échanger avec :
- Swim Dem Crew : Le collectif de nageurs anglais reconnu pour ses initiatives visant à rendre la natation accessible à tous, particulièrement aux minorités souvent sous-représentées.
- Power Up : Le collectif français de sportifs qui promeut la diversité et l’inclusion dans tous les sports, y compris la natation.
- Cullen Jones : Athlète olympique américain et champion de natation, engagé dans la promotion de la diversité dans le sport.
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Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American former[1] competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay (long course). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle, as well as the gold in the 4 x 100-metre medley.
Childhood
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Born on Leap day of 1984[2] in the Bronx borough of New York City, Jones moved to Irvington, New Jersey, while in elementary school. He learned to swim after he was rescued from a near-drowning at a splash-down pool at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania when he was five years old.[2][3] He became an age-group swimmer at Metro Express, a club team at the Jewish Community Center in West Orange, New Jersey under head coach Ed Nessel. Jones later switched teams to the Jersey Gators Swim Club in Cranford. Jones graduated from Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark in 2002. While there, he swam for coach Glenn Cassidy and set numerous Essex County swimming records.
Swimming career
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Jones attended North Carolina State University, where he studied English and swam for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2003 to 2006.
2006
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He turned professional in the summer of 2006, after signing with Nike[4] and burst onto the scene shortly after at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships where he set a meet record in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.84 seconds. He also swam a leg (split of 47.96) in the world record breaking 4×100-meter freestyle relay along with Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak.
2007
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In 2007, he also won a gold medal in 4×100-meter freestyle relay with the same teammates in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
2008 Summer Olympics
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2008 Summer Olympics 
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:08.24 (WR) Jones is the first African-American to hold a world record (4×100-meter freestyle relay) in swimming.[5] At the 2008 United States Olympic Trials, Jones broke the American record in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.59. The record was subsequently broken the next day by Garrett Weber-Gale. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay in a world record time of 3:08.24 with Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale.[6]
2009
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In July 2009, Jones set the American record in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.[7]
2012
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2012 US Olympic Trials
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At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Jones made the Olympic team for the second time by finishing first in the 50-meter freestyle and second in the 100-meter freestyle, which subsequently qualified him for the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In the 50-meter freestyle final, Jones won with a time of 21.59, one one-hundredth (0.01) of a second ahead of second-place finisher Anthony Ervin (21.60).[8]
2012 Summer Olympics
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2012 Summer Olympics 4×100 m medley relay 3:29.35 
50 m freestyle 21.54 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:10.38 At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Jones won silver medals in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[9] He earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay after swimming the freestyle leg in the preliminaries.[10][11] He also competed in the 100-meter freestyle, but did not qualify for the event finals.[6][12]
The 2012 U.S. Olympic swim team was the first U.S. Olympic swim team with more than one black swimmer on it, Jones made history with Anthony Ervin and Lia Neal by being the three African-Americans on the team.[13]
Personal bests (long course)
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Event Time Date 50 m freestyle 21.40 July 2009 100 m freestyle 48.31 July 2008 Key: NR = National record
See also
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- Diversity in swimming
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of United States records in swimming
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- List of world records in swimming
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
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- ^ “Cullen Jones announces retirement on Brett Hawke podcast”. YouTube.
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Cullen Jones”. Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 73. Gale. 2009. ISSN 1058-1316. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ “Olympian Seeks to Highlight Swimming in African-American Community – ABC News”. ABC News.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine – Swimming News Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “What’s on TV Thursday night” Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, New York Daily News, July 31, 2008. Accessed August 10, 2008.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. “Cullen Jones”. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ “Jones sets American record in 50 free”[dead link], “Associated Press“, July 12, 2009.
- ^ Tjarks, Jonathan (July 2012). “2012 Olympic Swimming Trials: Cullen Jones wins 50M Free, Anthony Ervin Qualifies”. sbnation.com. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ Brady, Erik (August 3, 2012). “USA’s Cullen Jones gets oh so close to an Olympic Dream”. usatoday.com. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ “Swimming: U.S. qualifies for men’s medley relay”. ca.retuters.com. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ Forde, Pat (August 4, 2012). “Michael Phelps swims into retirement with 18th Olympic Gold on U.S. 400 Medley Relay Team”. yahoo.com. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Jared (August 2012). “Men’s 100-Meter Freestyle Final: USA’s Cullen Jones Misses Final, Nathan Adrian Wins Gold”. sbnation.com. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ “Black Swimmers Have Historic Presence in London Olympics”. Atlanta Black Star. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
External links
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- Official website
- Cullen Jones at World Aquatics
- Cullen Jones at Olympics.com
- Cullen Jones at Olympic.org (archived)
- Cullen Jones at Olympedia
- Cullen Jones at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Cullen Jones at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Parting the Waters – Documentary film about Cullen Jones at DoTellProductions.com
- 1984 births
- Living people
- African-American Christians
- African-American swimmers
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Baptists from New York (state)
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- NC State Wolfpack men’s swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- People from Irvington, New Jersey
- St. Benedict’s Preparatory School alumni
- Sportspeople from the Bronx
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- World record holders in swimming
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Michael Gunning : Athlète et ambassadeur Speedo, connu pour son engagement envers l’inclusion et les droits LGBTQ+.
Thème du Talk : “Inclusivité et Diversité dans la Natation”
Cette discussion portera sur des sujets clés tels que :
- Briser les Stéréotypes : Comment les collectifs et les athlètes travaillent pour surmonter les obstacles et les stéréotypes dans le monde de la natation.
- Accessibilité et Opportunités : Les initiatives pour rendre la natation accessible à des communautés plus larges et diversifiées.
- Rôles Modèles et Inspiration : L’importance des modèles positifs pour inspirer la prochaine génération de nageurs.
Pourquoi Participer ?
Cet événement est une occasion unique d’approfondir votre compréhension des enjeux actuels dans le monde de la natation et d’échanger avec des leaders d’opinion qui façonnent l’avenir de ce sport. Votre présence ajouterait une perspective précieuse à cette discussion essentielle.
