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Carly Piper

Personal information
Full name	Carly Piper
Nationality	United States
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Wisconsin Aquatics
College team	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Date of birth	September 23, 1983 (1983-09-23) (age 26)
Place of birth	Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Medal record Women’s swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Bronze 2006 Shanghai 4x200 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo 4x200 m freestyle

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.

See also

• Pan American Games records in swimming

External links

• USA Swimming Athlete Bio

2004 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Ian Crocker  •  Nate Dusing  •  Mark Gangloff  •  Scott Goldblatt  •  Gary Hall, Jr.  •  Brendan Hansen  •  Bryce Hunt  •  Larsen Jensen  •  Klete Keller  •  Dan Ketchum  •  Lenny Krayzelburg  •  Jason Lezak  •  Ryan Lochte  •  Tom Malchow  •  Aaron Peirsol  •  Michael Phelps  •  Scott Usher  •  Peter Vanderkaay  •  Erik Vendt  •  Neil Walker  •  Gabe Woodward Women's Team Amanda Beard  •  Lindsay Benko  •  Caroline Bruce  •  Kristen Caverly  •  Haley Cope  •  Maritza Correia  •  Natalie Coughlin  •  Margaret Hoelzer  •  Katie Hoff  •  Rhi Jeffrey  •  Kara Lynn Joyce  •  Kalyn Keller  •  Dana Kirk  •  Tara Kirk  •  Rachel Komisarz  •  Colleen Lanné  •  Diana Munz  •  Carly Piper  •  Kaitlin Sandeno  •  Jenny Thompson  •  Dana Vollmer  •  Amanda Weir Coaches Bob Bowman  •  Frank Busch  •  Teri McKeever  •  Richard Quick  •  Eddie Reese (Men's Head Coach)  •  Dave Salo  •  Mark Schubert (Women's Head Coach)  •  Jon Urbanchek