Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 6:00pm Lecture at the Student Center South Theater, 7:00pm Book signing and autograph session
Anthony Ervin is a 4x Olympic medalist, claiming the title of fastest person on the planet both in 2000, as well as 16 years later by claiming the Olympic title in the 50m Free at the Rio 2016 Games… With his most recent performance, Anthony Ervin became the oldest-ever individual Olympic swimming gold medalist.
AE: A lot of us (athletes) would dream of being an Olympic champion, but I don’t think very many people think about — I certainly didn’t think about — what that means. It’s just a sport. It’s just swimming, and yet so much can be imbued into that. There’s a responsibility there. I have an ability to respond to those expectations, thoughts, hopes, and dreams of other people. But at nineteen, I certainly did not feel ready to carry the weight of that.
