Luke Hobson
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| Born | June 25, 2003 Reno, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lakeridge Swim Team Reno, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Sharon Weis (Lakeridge Swim Team) Bob Bowman (U. of Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Hobson (born June 25, 2003) is an American swimmer, who competed for the University of Texas, and was a 2024 Summer Olympics team member for the United States, where he won a silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the individual 200-meter freestyle events.[2]
He holds the world record in the 200 meter freestyle (short course), and the US Open and American records in the 200 yard freestyle.
Hobson was born in Reno, Nevada on June 5, 2003, and attended Reno High School, graduating in 2021. As both his parents were collegiate swimmers, Hobson took up swimming early beginning at the age of eight, and swam for the Lakeridge Swim Team under Coach Sharon Weiss.[3]
Swimming career
High School
In May 2019, as a Reno High School sophomore, Hobson won both the 200-yard freestyle in a state record time of 1:38.53, and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:28.35 at the Nevada State Championship swim meet at the Carson Aquatic Center in Carson City. Hobson said he wanted to set a goal to continue to win the two events as a Junior and Senior.[4] Continuing to achieve as a High School Senior, he swam a 45.22 in the 100 freestyle on May 22, 2021, which qualified him to compete at the "2020 U.S. Olympic Trials", which were held in June, 2021 due to COVID.[5] In the Spring of 2020, when many pools were shut down due to COVID, Hobson trained by lifting weights and swimming in his parents' backyard pool while tethered to a pole.[6]
University of Texas
From 2021 to 2025, Hobson studied advertising and competed on the swim team at the University of Texas. Hobson swam in 2021 under Head Coach Eddie Reese and Coach Wyatt Collins, and then under Head Coach Bob Bowman during his swimming career at Texas. Hobson was a five-time NCAA champion including the 200 yard freestyle in 2023, and 2024; the 500 yard freestyle in 2023; and the 4x200 yard freestyle relay in 2022, and 2023.[7] At the 2024 NCAA Championships, Hobson helped establish an NCAA 200-yard freestyle record of 1:29.13 as the lead swimmer for the University of Texas 4x200 yard freestyle relay. Hobson also swam a 1:28.81 to win the individual 200 yard freestyle final, setting a new record. He graduated Texas as a twelve-time All-American, with a major in Advertising.[8]
