Dare Rose

Dare Rose

Personal information
Full name	Oludare Anthony Damilola Akinsanya Rose
National team	United States
Born	(2002-11-01) November 1, 2002 New York City, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
Club	Scarlet Aquatics
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (LC) 1 0 3 World Championships (SC) 0 2 0 World Junior Championships 1 1 0 Junior Pan Pac Championships 1 0 0 Total 3 3 3 World Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed medley Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly Bronze medal – third place 2025 Singapore 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest 4×100 m medley Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley World Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley Junior Pan Pac Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 4×200 m freestyle

Oludare Anthony Damilola Akinsanya Rose (born November 1, 2002) is an American competitive swimmer. At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay. He currently competes at the collegiate level for the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life and education

Rose was born in New York City to Anthony and Kemi Rose. He grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. He joined his first swim team in summer league when he was six and went year-round when we was eight. He attended Packer Collegiate Institute, where he is the school record holder in multiple events, including the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley.

In January 2019, he verbally committed to University of California, Berkeley for the class of 2024 and swims collegiately for the California Golden Bears.

Career

At the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Rose won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with a Championships record time of 7:16.42.

At the 2019 World Junior Championships, Rose swam the butterfly leg of the 4×100-meter medley relay in 52.55 during the heats and won a silver medal. He also won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

2023

At the 2023 USA Swimming Championships, Rose won the 100-meter butterfly event with a time of 50.74. As a result, he was named to team USA's roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. In his first event at the 2023 World Championships, during the 50-meter butterfly on day one, he placed second in the semi-finals with a time of 22.79. He finished in sixth place during the final with a time of 23.01. On day four he swam the butterfly leg of the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay in 50.50 during the heats and won a bronze medal. On day six during the semi-finals of the 100-meter butterfly he finished in first place with a personal best time of 50.53. During the final he finished with a new personal best time of 50.46 and won a bronze medal, his first individual medal at an international competition. On the final day of the competition, he swam the butterfly leg of the 4×100-meter medley relay in 50.13 and won a gold medal. The medley relay team finished with a Championship record time of 3:27.20, surpassing the previous record of 3:27.28 set in 2009.

2024

At the 2024 United States Olympic trials he competed in the 100 m butterfly event where he finished in third place with a time of 50.84 seconds, missing qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics team behind Thomas Heilman's time of 50.80 seconds.

External links

• Dare Rose at World Aquatics