Meet the Olympian: Jason Lezak

Jason Lezak is an American swimmer who is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. This 36-year-old Jewish athlete married his high school sweetheart who also happens to be an Olympic-level athlete! His wife, Danielle DeAlva, is a swimmer who represented Mexico at the Athens Games in 2004.

At age 5, Lezak joined the Irvine, California Novaquatics swim team and has never left. He still trains and lives in Southern California today! Lezak has been to the Olympic Games three times since 2000 and will return to London to compete in the Olympics for the fourth time. He has earned a total of seven Olympic medals, two bronze, one silver, and four gold. Read on to discover how Lezak is making a splash at this year’s Olympics:

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