Andrew Gemmell
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| Full name | Andrew Douglas Gemmell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 20, 1991 Columbia, Maryland, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jordan Mattern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Bruce Gemmell, Harvey Humphries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Douglas Gemmell (born February 20, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He swam for the University of Georgia, helping then to place 5th in the NCAA in 2014, and was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic Team, where he competed in the 1,500-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the Olympics, he finished ninth with a time of 14:59:05, missing the finals by one place. He took several distance swimming medals, with a gold at the 5 km team event in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, and took medals at the Pan Pacific Championships in 2014 and the Pan American Games in 2015 in the 1500 m, 5 km and 10 km events.