| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| Semifinal | 200m Breaststroke | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 2:10.10 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 3:32.06 |
| 1 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 3:27.28 |
| 2 | 200m Breaststroke | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 2:07.65 |
| 3 | 200m Individual Medley | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 1:55.36 |
| 4 | 200m Breaststroke | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 2:09.28 |
| 4 | 100m Breaststroke | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 58.98 |
| Pan Pacific Championships | ||||
| 3 | 200m Breaststroke | 2010 | Irvine, CA, USA | 2:10.13 |
| 6 | 100m Breaststroke | 2010 | Irvine, CA, USA | 1:00.55 |
| World Championships Short Course | ||||
| 8 | 200m Breaststroke | 2010 | Dubai, UAE | 2:05.86 |
Nickname
Huge, a name given to him by Ralph Crocker, a coach at the University of Auburn. (USA Swimming, 22 Jan 2007)
Hobbies
Wakeboarding and mountain biking. (usaswimming.org, 31 Jul 2011)
Occupation
Athlete, Motivational Speaker
Education
Business - University of Auburn, Auburn, AL, USA
Family
Wife Jeri Moss
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Trojan Swim Club, United States
Coach
Dave Salo (ericshanteau.net, 11 Nov 2011)
Position and style
Breaststroke (ericshanteau.net, 11 Nov 2011)
Other sports
His older brother, Ryan, swam at Georgia Tech University in the United States. (auburntiger.cstv.com, 22 Jan 2007)
Debut
2007 for United States, World Championships (Australia) (timedfinals.com, 24 Mar 2007)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started at age three. He and his brother, who is four years older, started learning to swim at the same time at the Swim Atlanta club. (timedfinals.com, 24 Mar 2007; usaswimming.org, 31 Jul 2011)
Ambitions
To compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games in 100m and 200m breaststroke.(ericshanteau.net, 11 Nov 2011)
To be involved in sports marketing. (usaswimming.org, 31 Jul 2011)
Training
He swims 10 kilometres per day, five hours a day, six days per week. (usaswimming.org, 31 Jul 2011)
Most influential person in career
Chris Davis, a club coach at Swim Atlanta. (usaswimming.org, 31 Jul 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Success is not defined by the number of victories you achieve, but by the mountains you overcome" [Booker T. Washington]. (ericshanteau.net, 11 Nov 2011)
Awards
At the 2005 Universiade Games in Izmir, Turkey, he became the first American ever to sweep the individual medley events, setting a new Universiade record in the 200m individual medley. (usaswimming.org,, 07 Dec 2007)
General
CANCER BATTLE
In June 2008 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly before the US Olympic trials. He made the team for Beijing and decided to put off surgery until after the Games. At the time he went public with his story, hoping to be an inspiration to others with the disease. In Beijing he failed to advance to the final but swam a personal best, and had surgery when he returned home and was back in the water as soon as doctors cleared him. He said he worries about the cancer returning, but that it has given him a new perspective on life and changed his approach to swimming. "I'm the most relaxed behind the blocks that I've ever been. It's not that I want to think about what I've been through, but it's sort of in the back of my head. I have that reassurance of knowing I've been through something way bigger than this." (Universal sports, 02 Aug 2009)
CHARITY SWIM
In 2011 he launched a charity open water race and swim clinic called Swim For Your Life, which attracted Olympian swimmers and other elite sportspersons. All proceeds went to LiveStrong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation setup in 1997 to help cancer sufferers. (arenainternational.com, 11 Nov 2011)
THE FOURTH MAN
He describes often coming fourth behind Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Erik Vendt as bittersweet. "I am often left off of international teams. I could let that get the best of me, but it seems counterproductive. I can't let that get me down or detour me from my own goal of being the best swimmer I can be." (USA Swimming 22 Jan 2007)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
