Reece Whitley

Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in the breaststroke. In 2019, he was named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year.^[6] At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore,^[7] where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke.^[1]

Reece Whitley

Personal information
National team	United States
Born	(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 25)[1] Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.[2]
Height	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)[3]
Weight	245 lb (111 kg) (2015)[4]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Penn Charter Aquatic Club[3]
College team	University of California, Berkeley[5]
Coach	Crystal Keelan[3]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Junior Championships 0 5 0 Total 0 5 0 World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore 100 m breaststroke 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley 2017 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke 2017 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m mixed medley Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2016 Maui 100 m breaststroke Representing the California Golden Bears Event 1st 2nd 3rd NCAA Championships 0 4 2 Total 0 4 2 By race Event 1st 2nd 3rd 100 y breaststroke 0 0 1 200 y breaststroke 0 1 0 4×50 y medley 0 1 1 4×100 y medley 0 2 0 Total 0 4 2 NCAA Championships 2019 Austin 4×50 y medley 2019 Austin 4×100 y medley 2021 Greensboro 200 y breaststroke 2021 Greensboro 4×100 y medley 2021 Greensboro 100 y breaststroke 2021 Greensboro 4×50 y medley

Whitley was named Sports Illustrated Kids' SportsKid of the Year for 2015.^[8][9][10]

Personal life

Whitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 2018.^[3] He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test.^[11] He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7,^[10][12] but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.^[3]