Background
Perdue was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended J. H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina.
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Lauren Perdue
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University of Virginia.
Career
She swam for the Greenville Swim Club under head coach Casey Charles from 1999 to 2009. Perdue attended the University of Virginia, and swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 2009 to 2012. Lauren broke her back in 2012 and underwent back surgery only 3 months before the 2012 United States. Olympic Trials.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States. qualifying event for the Olympics, Perdue finished fourth place in the 200-meter freestyle, and earned a spot on the United States. relay team in the 4×200-meter freestyle event as a result.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning United States. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Achievements
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At the 2009 United States of America Swimming Long Course Junior National Championships, Perdue won her first championship in the 200-meter freestyle (1:5909). As a Cavalier swimmer, she won seventeen Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination) championships, received eight All-American honors, and was named the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Swimmer of the Year and Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Swimmer of the Championships in both 2010 and 2011.
Membership
She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning United States. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
