Chad La Tourette

Chad La Tourette (born October 7, 1988) is an American former distance swimmer. La Tourette is a six-time medalist (three golds, three silvers) at the World University Games and two-time silver medalist at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Chad La Tourette

Personal information
Full name	Chad La Tourette
Nickname	Frenchie
Nationality	USA
Born	(1988-10-07) October 7, 1988 (age 36) Livermore, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 800 m freestyle 2007 Bangkok 1500 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 800 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 400 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 1500 m freestyle 2009 Belgrade 4×200 m freestyle relay Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 800 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 1500 m freestyle

Career

At the 2010 National Championships, La Tourette competed in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. In the 400 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 4th place.^[1] In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette handily won with a time of 14:55.39 with his closest competitor eight seconds back.^[2]

At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, La Tourette won two silver medals behind Canadian swimmer Ryan Cochrane. In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished with a time of 14:54.48, five seconds behind the eventual winner Cochrane.^[3] In the 800 m freestyle, held three days after the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished with a time of 7:51.62.^[4] La Tourette said he was not disappointed with his performances but only regretted not staying with Cochrane more.^[5]

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, La Tourette competed in two events, the 800 and 1500 m freestyle. In his first event, the 800 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 6th place with a time of 7:46.52.^[6] In the 1500 m freestyle, La Tourette finished in 5th place with a time of 14:52.36.^[7]

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, La Tourette just missed making the Olympic team by placing third in the 1500 m freestyle with a time of 14:57.53.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2007	2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	800 m freestyle
			1st	1500 m freestyle
2008	2008 Open Water Worlds	Seville, Spain	4th	5 k open water
2009	2009 Summer Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	800 m freestyle
			2nd	400 m freestyle
			2nd	1500 m freestyle
			2nd	4×200 m freestyle relay
2010	2010 Pan Pacs	Irvine, California	2nd	1500 m freestyle
			2nd	800 m freestyle
2011	2011 World Championships	Shanghai, China	6th	800 m freestyle
			5th	1500 m freestyle

Personal bests

As of July 31, 2011.

Event	Time	Venue	Date
400 m freestyle (long course)	3:46.93	Belgrade	July 5, 2009
800 m freestyle (long course)	7:46.52	Shanghai	July 27, 2011
1500 m freestyle (long course)	14:52.36	Shanghai	July 31, 2011