﻿{"id":505150,"date":"2022-05-11T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=505150"},"modified":"2022-05-11T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T18:45:22","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-bowe-becker-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-gold-medalist-bowe-becker-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold Medalist Bowe Becker Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympic Gold Medalist Bowe Becker Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowe Becker,<\/strong> an Olympic gold medalist from the 400 freestyle relay in Tokyo, announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Becker made the announcement on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdbOOouLR1Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdbOOouLR1Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Bowe Becker (@bowe_becker)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Becker wrote, in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>After a lot of thinking and evaluating this past year, I have decided it is time for me to retire from the sport of swimming. This was not an easy decision to make, but I know it\u2019s what is best for me. I have been swimming since I was 11 years old and not by choice. For years, it was just to stay healthy because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis, but it became more than that. I was good at it and I loved athletics. The friendships and work ethic I have gained because of this sport was worth all the hard work.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The native of Las Vegas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-in-the-words-of-sandpiper-coaches-ron-aitken-and-cutter-haupt-bowe-becker-knows-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had an unlikely path to a gold medal<\/a>, as he alluded to in his farewell. He was an excellent swimmer at the University of Minnesota, finishing third at NCAAs in the 50 freestyle in 2018 and second in the 100 free in 2019. But he retired from the sport for six months in 2020, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Against many odds, he returned better than ever. He finished fifth at U.S. Olympic Trials in the men\u2019s 100 free in 48.22 to book his relay spot. (He was also fourth in the 50 free.) In Tokyo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-prelims-leading-italians-dressel-led-americans-and-outside-smoke-russians-to-battle-for-gold-in-mens-400-freestyle-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his prelims leg<\/a> of 47.59 earned him a shot to swim in finals. He sped up to 47.44 on the third leg, helping the American squad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-zach-apple-punctuates-title-in-400-freestyle-relay-as-american-dominance-grows-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ease to gold in 3:08.97<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Becker swam in the International Swimming League in 2020 with the Cali Condors \u2013 he specifically thanks Condors\u2019 general manager <strong>Jason Lezak<\/strong> in his farewell post \u2013 and with the Tokyo Frog Kings in 2021. Becker served <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bowe-becker-joins-minnesota-swimming-staff-as-volunteer-assistant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as a volunteer assistant coach at Minnesota last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI proved to a lot of people I was a force to be reckoned with,\u201d Becker wrote in his post. \u201cNot too many people believed I could make it to the Olympics and yet there I was, standing on an Olympic podium at the end with a GOLD MEDAL in my hand. I\u2019m excited and nervous for the next stage in life but I am ready!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Gold Medalist Bowe Becker Announces Retirement Bowe Becker, an Olympic gold medalist from the 400 freestyle relay in Tokyo, announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday. 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