Carly Piper

Carly Piper (born September 23, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) is a swimmer in the United States. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Dana Vollmer that set the world record in the event.

Piper is from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, and attended Grosse Pointe North High School.

Piper graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006, where she had a highly successful career on the women's swimming team and served as the team's captain. She twice won Big Ten Conference swimmer of the year honors and was an 18-time All-American. While still in school, and after she had exhausted her athletic eligibility, she served as a volunteer assistant coach with the UW men’s and women’s swimming teams.

ee also

*Pan American Games records in swimming

External links

* [http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopModules/BioView.aspx?personid=bd4bba69-db71-4320-973f-7a96d996285f&TabId=388&Mid=597 USA Swimming Athlete Bio]