Name: David Heron
Sport: Swimming
Height: 6-0
Weight: 160
High School: Mission Viejo High School (Mission Viejo, Calif.) ‘13
College: University of California Berkeley ‘05, Psychology
Team/Club: Mission Viejo Nadadores
Coach(es): Mark Schubert
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2019 - 25th (10-kilometer)
  • Years of participation: Open Water – 2015, 2017, 2019
  • Top finish: 6th – 2015 (5K)
Other Career Highlights
  • Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, silver (10K)
Personal: Son of Helga and Chris Heron, both geologists...Began swimming at age 7...Hobbies include mountain biking, body boarding, off-roading, hiking and going to the beach.