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Randall Bal

Bal in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Randall Bal
Nickname	Turbo
National team	United States
Born	(1980-11-14)November 14, 1980 (age 44) Fair Oaks, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representingthe United States World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 100 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 100 m backstroke 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 100 m backstroke 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 2007 Rio 100 m backstroke 2007 Rio 4×100 m medley

Randall Bal (born November 14, 1980) is an Americanswimmer who specialized in thebackstroke. He is a formerworld record holder in the 50-meter backstroke (long and short course).^[1]

He has won a total of thirteen medals in major international competition,^[1] five golds, six silvers, and two bronze spanning theWorld Championships, thePan American Games, and thePan Pacific Championships.^[2]

Bal was born inFair Oaks, California in 1980, the son of Adrian and Carol Bal. His younger sister, Tamara, swam atUCLA. Bal attendedBella Vista High School where he graduated in 1999. From there, he swam forStanford University, class of 2003, and graduated with a degree inpsychology.

At the2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, he took the silver medal in the 100 Back, but he finished a surprising sixth (his PB would have won the event) in the 50 Back. He won another silver on the medley relay. He was the top qualifier in the 100 Back at the 2008 Olympic Trials, in both the preliminaries and semi-finals, with the then-third fastest time ever in the semis (53.09), but he faded to fourth in the finals,^[1] finishing behindAaron Peirsol, who set a new World Record of 52.89,Matt Grevers, andRyan Lochte.^[3] In 2008 Randall broke both the World Record (24.33 LCM & 22.87 SCM) in the 50 backstroke and missed the 100 LCM backstroke World Record by .04 of a second. He trained in northern California.

• List of Pan American Games records in swimming
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• World record progression 50 metres backstroke

• Randall Bal atWorld Aquatics
• Randall Bal atUSA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
• Randall Bal – Stanford University athlete bio at theWayback Machine (archived August 10, 2011)

• 1980 births
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• Latter Day Saints from California
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• World record setters in swimming
• Sportspeople from Fair Oaks, California
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• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
• 21st-century American sportsmen

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