Name: Eugene Godsoe
Sport: Aquatics
Discipline: Swimming
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
Birthplace: Greensboro, N.C.
Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.
High School: Southeast Guilford High School (Greensboro, N.C.) ‘06
College: Stanford University ’10, Psychology


Career Highlights:

  • 2013 FINA World Championships, silver (50m butterfly)
  • 2013 National Championships, 1st (50m butterfly), gold (100m butterfly)
  • 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, 5th (100backstroke), 7th (100m butterfly), 25th (100m freestyle) 
  • 2011 Pan American Games, silver (100m backstroke)
  • 2011 National Championships, 4th (100m butterfly), 5th (100m backstroke)
  • 2010 NCAA Championships, gold (100-yard backstroke), bronze (100-yard backstroke), bronze (100-yard butterfly)
  • 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, 13tth (100m backstroke), 14th (200m backstroke), 40th (100m butterfly), 66th (100m freestyle)


Personal: Son of Yoko and Gene Godsoe…Speaks Japanese…Hobbies include playing the piano.


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