Hunter Armstrong

About

American swimmer best known as the world record holder in the long course 50 meter backstroke. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a silver medal in the 50 meter backstroke, a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke, and gold medals in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay and 4×100 meter mixed medley relay.

Before Fame

In the year 2019, he graduated from Dover High School where he competed as part of the Canton City Schools swim program.

Trivia

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay, swimming backstroke in the preliminaries, and he placed ninth in the 100 meter backstroke. He has also worked as a software engineer at Google since the year 2016. He is extremely tall at 6'8".

Family Life

His mother's name is Edie. He has a brother named Jake. 

Associated With

In July of 2023, he competed against swimmer Ryan Murphy.