Nathan Adrian

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Nathan Adrian

Swimmer

Nathan Adrian was born in Bremerton, Washington (1998). His father is Caucasian and his mother is Chinese. Adrian began swimming at the age of five and won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle relay. Four years later, he won two more gold medals and a silver medal at the London Olympics. Adrian graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a major in Public Health. His hometown of Bremerton named a street after Adrian.

(Portrait by Minjian Jiang, SFSU 2016)