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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1981)}}
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| fullname       = Benjamin Michaelson
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| nationality    = {{USA}}
| strokes        = Butterfly
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| collegeteam    = [[Southern Connecticut State University]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1981|11|13}}
| birth_place    = [[Seymour, Connecticut]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100m medley]] }}
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'''Benjamin Michaelson''' (born November 13, 1981) is a swimmer hailing from [[Seymour, Connecticut]]. He attended Seymour High School, later continuing his education and career at [[Southern Connecticut State University]] under head coach Timothy Quill and assistant coach CJ Moran. After college, he continued swimming at the SoNoCo swim club out of SCSU and later Club Wolverine. In 2003, he was ranked 11th in the world for the men's 100 long course meter fly, his time of 52.76 tied him for third on the all-time top times for Americans. In 2004, he placed 3rd in the 100 m fly behind [[Ian Crocker]] and [[Michael Phelps]] at the US Olympic Trials. He officially retired after in the latter months 2005, citing a need to move on with his life.

==Top times==
* 50 y freestyle- 19.4 (NCAA Division II record)<ref name="2003metroresults">{{cite web | title = 2003 Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming and Diving Championships Results | publisher = BE Smartt, Inc. | url = http://www.besmarttinc.com/mets/prevyrs/2003Results.htm | date = 2003-02-21 | accessdate = 2007-07-26}}</ref>
* 100 y freestyle- 43.33 (NCAA Division II record)<ref name="ncaarecordbook">{{cite web | title = 2005 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Records (PDF) | publisher = [[NCAA]] | url = https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/swimming/2005/2005_m_swimming_champ_record.pdf | accessdate = 2007-07-22 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070704223147/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/swimming/2005/2005_m_swimming_champ_record.pdf | archivedate = 2007-07-04}}</ref>
* 100 y fly- 45.60 (NCAA Division II record)<ref name="ncaarecordbook" />
* 50 m free- 23.41
* 100 m free- 51.53
* 100 m fly- 52.76

==Awards==
* 2003 NCAA Division II swimmer of the year
* 2003 Connecticut SportsWriters Alliance Bill Lee Award
* 2002 ''and'' 2003 Metropolitan Conference Swimmer of the Year

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613235126/http://ctswim.org/ctswim/Articles/michaelson03.htm CT SWIM article]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3883/is_200306/ai_n9261405 Swiminfo on Michaelson]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620201423/http://www.sonocoaquatics.org/ SoNoCo swim club]

{{Footer Pan American Champions 100 m Butterfly Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x100 m Medley Men}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male swimmers]]
[[Category:People from Seymour, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Southern Connecticut State University alumni]]
[[Category:College men's swimmers in the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from New Haven County, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Connecticut]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]


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