Erik Vendt

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	400m Individual Medley
Silver	2004 Athens	400m Individual Medley
World Championships (LC)
Silver	2001 Fukuoka	400m Individual Medley
World Championships (SC)
Bronze	2002 Moscow	4x200m Freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver	2006 Victoria	1500m Freestyle

Erik Vendt (born January 9, 1981 in North Easton, Massachusetts) is an American swimmer. He who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2001 he won the silver medal in the 400m Medley at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Named 2002 NCAA Swimmer of the Year after winning the 1650y free and 400y IM, and placing second in the 500y free. Vendt broke the 16-year-old American record in 1500m free, becoming the first American to break 15 minutes with a time of 14:59.11 at 2000 Olympic Trials.

Erik Vendt attended Boston College High School in Dorchester, MA. While in high school, Vendt swam for the United States Club Swimming Team Ocean State Squids under head coach Joshua Stern. Vendt then attended the University of Southern California and was a five-time NCAA title winner, 13-time All-American and seven-time Pac-10 title winner as a Trojan. He currently trains at the University of Michigan under Bob Bowman.

In 2001 Erik won silver in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2001 World Aquatics Championship in Fukuoka, Japan.

Most recently, Erik broke the American Record in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 8:36.49 on January 18, 2008 at the Southern California Grand Prix meet.

On February 18, 2008, Erik Vendt became posted a 1500 meter freestyle time of 14:47.59 in the 1500m while at the Missouri Grand Prix. In the process he set a US Open record, set previously by Grant Hackett in 2003.

On May 15th, 2008 in California, Vendt posted a 14:46.78, 2008's fastest in the 1500m, thereby setting up a likely duel in the Beijing Olympics 1500m Final with Grant Hackett, who posted a 14:48.65 at the Australian Olympic Trials in March and is the two-time defending Olympic champion in the event. Although looking in good form to advance to Beijing, Vendt still awaits the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, where the 1500m will be held the final day of the trials, Sunday, July 6th.