Eric Shanteau
Eric Shanteau
Eric Lee Shanteauis an American former competition swimmer who won two gold medals as a member of winning United States relay teams at the World Championships. He was a member of the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Shanteau also holds the world record as a member of the U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth1 October 1983
CountryUnited States of America
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.
One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.
I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stronger in the weight room and during our dry-land stuff.
There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games.
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.
Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.
At 28, you need recovery time after training.
I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.
Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.