Scott Goldblatt

Scott Daniel Goldblatt (born July 12, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specialized in freestyle events.

He swam for the Scotch Plains/Fanwood YMCA until he joined the Berkeley Aquatic Club under head coach Jim Wood.

[circular reference] During his first two years at Texas, Scott was named All-American in five events and won two NCAA relay titles.

Goldblatt then qualified for the 2001 World Championships where he won a bronze medal, and finished the year ranked 11th in the 200 Freestyle.

Scott led off the American team, and was followed by Nate Dusing, Chad Carvin, and Klete Keller, clocking a combined time of 7:13:69.4.

[7] In the summer of 2002 he graduated from the University of Texas at the same time he was qualifying for the World Championship Team set to compete in 2003.

[8] While living in Kansas City, Goldblatt trained for a period with swim coach Peter Malone for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Here he swam in the preliminaries of the 4x200 Freestyle Relay, and he eventually won the Olympic Gold Medal as a member of that team.

[9][10] Scott swam as the lead off in Heat 1 of the 4 x 200 qualifiers, with a time of, 1:49:53 which allowed Michael Phelps to rest for the finals.

U of Texas Swim Coach Eddie Reese, 1968