Name: Tye Dutcher
Sport: Swimming
Event(s): 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke
Classification: S10, SB9, SM10
Height: 5-10
Weight: 160
DOB: 10/15/1996
Birthplace: Merced, Calif.
Hometown: Merced, Calif.
High School: Auburn Riverside High School (Auburn, Wash.) ‘15
College: DeVry University ’19, Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Team/Club: United States Resident Team
Coach(es): Nathan Manley
Paralympic Experience
- One-time Paralympian (2016)
- Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, 6th (34 pt. 4x100m freestyle relay, 34 pt. 4x100m medley relay)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – bronze (100m back, 4x100m medley relay), 4th (4x100m free relay), 5th (50m free), 6th (100m free, 100m fly)
- Years of Participation: 2017
- Medals: 2 (2 bronze)
- Bronze – 2017 (100m back, 4x100m medley relay)
Personal:
Dutcher has jettisoned himself onto the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team after phenomenal performance at the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials, having entered the meet as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Emerging Team....Son of David and Kimberly Dutcher…Has four siblings, Kyle, Chad, Trey and Brooke…Interests include public speaking, hanging out with friends, hiking, gaming and serving in the community…Keeps his mood light by playing pranks on people with his prosthetic.
