[1] He was a 5-time US national champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009), and earned a silver medal in the 2008 US Olympic trials.

He is the son of Irwin Cohen, a former Olympian, is Jewish, and lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

[2][3][4][5] Aaron's uncle Steve Cohen is a former Olympic competitor and coach, and his brother Richard also competed at the national level.

[6] Cohen competed for Team USA at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel, earning a bronze medal.

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