Charlie Houchin

American swimmer (born 1987)

Charlie Houchin

Personal information

Full name| Charles Houchin
Nickname| "Charlie"
National team|  United States
Born|  (1987-11-03) November 3, 1987 (age 37)
Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Home town| Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Height| 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle
Club| IX3[sports]
College team| University of Michigan

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 2012 London | 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
| 2013 Barcelona | 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
| 2010 Dubai | 4×200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
| 2011 Guadalajara | 400 m freestyle
| 2011 Guadalajara | 4×200 m freestyle

Charles Houchin (born November 3, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer who has had his greatest international success in freestyle relay events. He earned a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the CEO and founder of Swimmingly.[1][2]

## Early years

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Houchin graduated from William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Both of his parents were All-American swimmers for North Carolina State University. Houchin attended the University of Michigan, where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010. He graduated from Michigan with a bachelor's degree in sports management in 2010. He currently swims for IX3[sports] in Jacksonville, Florida.

## Professional career

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Houchin used the money he earned from his gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics to found Swimmingly and create Meet Central.[3]

## Swimming career

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At the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships, Houchin won a silver medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay for his contributions in the heats.[4]

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Houchin competed in one event, the 400-meter freestyle. Houchin posted a time of 3:48.80 in the heats and did not advance to the final, finishing fourteenth overall.[5]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Houchin won two gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Houchin made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.88,[6] which qualified him to swim in the 4×200-meter freestyle as a member of the U.S. relay team. Houchin also competed in the 400-meter freestyle at the trials, and finished fourth overall (3:48.32). At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Houchin earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminaries of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Houchin combined with Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, and Ricky Berens in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with the team finishing in first place for the gold medal. Swimming the third leg, Houchin recorded a split of 1:45.59, and the team finished with a final time of 7:01.72.

## Personal life

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Houchin is a Christian. Houchin has spoken about his faith saying, "I like to think I carry a quiet confidence into the water because of my relationship with Christ.[7]

## See also

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* Biography portal
* Olympics portal

* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
* List of University of Michigan alumni
* Michigan Wolverines

## References

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1. ^ Burkhart, Jessie (January 6, 2014). "Olympian Swimmer from Raleigh Tests Entrepreneurial Waters". American City Business Journals. Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
2. ^ "Summer Swimming's, Simple Mobile App, HydroXphere / Meet Central™ Announces Rebrand to Swimmingly™". Swimmingly. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
3. ^ Jones, Colleen Michele (January 16, 2014). "feature[23] helps Olympian 'jump into deep end' with app". American City Business Journals. Jacksonville Business Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
4. ^ "2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved December 24, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
5. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400-metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
6. ^ OmegaTiming.com, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle (final) Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
7. ^ "Charlie Houchin".

* Commings, Jeff (August 11, 2014). "Charlie Houchin Announces Retirement From Swimming, Will Focus Energy on New Company". Swimming World. Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved September 19, 2014.

## External links

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* Charlie Houchin at World Aquatics
* Charlie Houchin at Olympics.com
* Charlie Houchin at Olympic.org (archived)
* Charlie Houchin at Olympedia
* Charlie Houchin at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
* Charlie Houchin at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
* Charlie Houchin – University of Michigan athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived June 22, 2017)

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2012 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification|

* 2012 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team|

* Nathan Adrian
* Ricky Berens
* Clark Burckle
* Tyler Clary
* Conor Dwyer
* Anthony Ervin
* Jimmy Feigen
* Andrew Gemmell
* Matt Grevers
* Brendan Hansen (team captain)
* Charlie Houchin
* Connor Jaeger
* Cullen Jones
* Jason Lezak (team captain)
* Ryan Lochte
* Tyler McGill
* Matt McLean
* Alex Meyer
* Michael Phelps
* Eric Shanteau
* Davis Tarwater
* Nick Thoman
* Peter Vanderkaay (team captain)
* Scott Weltz

Women's team|

* Cammile Adams
* Alyssa Anderson
* Haley Anderson
* Elizabeth Beisel
* Rachel Bootsma
* Natalie Coughlin (team captain)
* Claire Donahue
* Missy Franklin
* Jessica Hardy
* Kathleen Hersey
* Kara Lynn Joyce
* Ariana Kukors
* Breeja Larson
* Micah Lawrence
* Katie Ledecky
* Caitlin Leverenz
* Lia Neal
* Lauren Perdue
* Allison Schmitt
* Rebecca Soni (team captain)
* Chloe Sutton
* Dana Vollmer
* Shannon Vreeland
* Amanda Weir
* Kate Ziegler

Coaches|

* Bob Bowman (asst. men's coach)
* Steve Bultman (asst. women's coach)
* David Marsh (asst. men's coach)
* Teri McKeever (women's head coach)
* Tim Murphy (open water head coach)
* Eddie Reese (asst. men's coach)
* Dave Salo (asst. women's coach)
* Todd Schmitz (asst. women's coach)
* Gregg Troy (men's head coach)

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World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

* 1973:  Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery (USA)
* 1975:  Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Joachim Geisler, Peter Nocke (FRG)
* 1978:  Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1982:  Richard Saeger, Jeff Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1986:  Lars Hinneburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
* 1991:  Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Gross (GER)
* 1994:  Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz (SWE)
* 1998:  Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
* 2001:  Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2003:  Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2005:  Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller (USA)
* 2007:  Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
* 2009:  Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2011:  Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2013:  Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Charlie Houchin, Ricky Berens (USA)
* 2015:  Dan Wallace, Robert Renwick, Calum Jarvis, James Guy (GBR)
* 2017:  Stephen Milne, Nicholas Grainger, Duncan Scott, James Guy (GBR)
* 2019:  Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton (AUS)
* 2022:  Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Trenton Julian, Kieran Smith (USA)
* 2023:  Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Tom Dean, James Guy (GBR)
* 2024:  Ji Xinjie, Wang Haoyu, Pan Zhanle, Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 400 m freestyle

* 1951:  Tetsuo Okamoto (BRA)
* 1955:  Jimmy McLane (USA)
* 1959:  George Breen (USA)
* 1963:  Roy Saari (USA)
* 1967:  Greg Charlton (USA)
* 1971:  Jim McConica (USA)
* 1975:  Doug Northway (USA)
* 1979:  Brian Goodell (USA)
* 1983:  Bruce Hayes (USA)
* 1987:  Paul Robinson (USA)
* 1991:  Sean Killion (USA)
* 1995:  Josh Davis (USA)
* 1999:  Luiz Lima (BRA)
* 2003:  Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
* 2007:  Matt Patton (USA)
* 2011:  Charlie Houchin (USA)
* 2015:  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
* 2019:  Andrew Abruzzo (USA)
* 2023:  Guilherme Costa (BRA)

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Pan American Champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

* 1951:  R. Gora, B. Jones, D. Cleveland, B. Heusner (USA)
* 1955:  M. Smith, W. Yorzyk, W. Moore, J. McLane (USA)
* 1959:  D. Blick, P. Sintz, J. Rounsavelle, F. Winters (USA)
* 1963:  G. Ilman, R. McDonough, D. Lyons, E. Townsend (USA)
* 1967:  D. Schollander, C. Hickcox, G. Charlton, M. Spitz (USA)
* 1971:  J. Heidenreich, J. McConica, S. Genter, F. Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  R. DeMont, R. Favero, B. Horner, M. Curington (USA)
* 1979:  B. Goodell, D. Larson, K. Kirshner, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1983:  D. Larson, R. Saeger, B. Hayes, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  P. Robinson, B. Jones, M. O'Brien, J. Witchell (USA)
* 1991:  J. Keppeler, J. Wells, C. Tippins, E. Diehl (USA)
* 1995:  J. Olsen, J. Davis, R. Berube, G. Burgess (USA)
* 1999:  A. Messner, D. Phillips, D. Howard, S. Tucker (USA)
* 2003:  R. Lochte, B. Goldberg, J. Lee, D. Ketchum (USA)
* 2007:  T. Pereira, R. Castro, L. Salatta, N. Oliveira (BRA)
* 2011:  C. Dwyer, S. Robison, C. Houchin, M. Patton, D. Madwed, R. Feeley, R. Tullius, R. Margalis (USA)
* 2015:  L. Altamir Melo, J. de Lucca, T. Pereira, N. Oliveira, H. Rodrigues, K. de Almeida, T. Simon (BRA)
* 2019:  L. Altamir Melo, F. Scheffer, J. de Lucca, B. Correia (BRA)
* 2023:  M. Sartori, B. Correia, F. Scheffer, G. Costa, L. Altamir Melo, L. Coelho Santos, F. Ribeiro de Souza (BRA)

Italics: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
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