FINK Nic

United States of America

Swimming

Date of Birth: 3 Jul 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MORRISTOWN, NJ

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : ATHENS, GA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Breaststroke	5

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 5	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal 1	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley M
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	5th (2:08.56)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	SF (1:00.14)	SF (2:10.04)	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	8th (1:00.10)	-	8th

Pan American Games

Year	Location	200Breast	4x100Medley M
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (2:08.16)	1st (3:30.25)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	7th (57.22)	4th (2:03.79)	8th

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Nic (Twitter profile, 01 Dec 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Engineering - University of Georgia , Athens, GA, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Athens Bulldog Swim Club [United States of America]

Coach:

Jack Bauerle [club], USA

Sporting relatives:

His father Peter has worked for the National Basketball Association [NBA], including as a senior vice president. (bizjournals.com, 03 Apr 2018; careers.nba.com, 2012)

Injuries:

He had a double wrist injury in 2020. (swimswam.com, 26 Oct 2020; swimswam.podbean.com, 14 Dec 2020)

Start:

He took up swimming at age eight in Morristown, NJ, United States of America. (patch.com, 24 Jul 2012)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 12 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"If you can dream it, you can do it." (Facebook profile, 01 Jan 2016)

Award:

In 2014 while swimming for University of Georgia he was named Southeastern Conference [SEC] Male Swimmer of the Year. (swimswam.com, 17 Apr 2015)

In 2010 and 2011 he was selected as New Jersey's High School Swimmer of the Year in the United States of America. (pointssports.com, 2011; georgiadogs.com, 16 Nov 2010)

General Interest

General
STUDY PLANS
He plans to go to graduate school at Georgia Institute of Technology to get his master's degree in electrical engineering. "I am fortunate that [Georgia Tech] were willing to let me defer to the fall of 2021. I enjoyed the engineering classes I had in my undergrad at [the University of] Georgia, so I knew I wanted to learn a little more about the field. I have always been interested in robotics and have worked with power systems in the past, so potentially something in those realms of [electrical engineering." (usaswimming.org, 18 Dec 2020)

COACHING
He offers swim clinics through the Fitter & Faster organisation in the United States of America. "One of my favourite parts of teaching clinics is seeing the progress. Sometimes, coaches tell swimmers something and it doesn't click. It helps to have a new voice and someone else to phrase it differently. They'll swim a 25 that isn't great, so I'll explain a concept again and the second lap is much better. They're getting it - it's fun to see them progress." (fitterandfaster.com, 01 Dec 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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