Eric Shanteau
Eric Shanteau
Eric Lee Shanteauis an American former competition swimmer who won two gold medals as a member of winning United States relay teams at the World Championships. He was a member of the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams, and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Shanteau also holds the world record as a member of the U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth1 October 1983
CountryUnited States of America
If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.
I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stronger in the weight room and during our dry-land stuff.
There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games.
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.
At 28, you need recovery time after training.
I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.
Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.
I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.
I know there's life after the Olympics.