Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American international swimmer who has won two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. He is the first swimmer of African American descent to medal in Olympic swimming.Ervin stopped swimming competitively at the age of 22 in 2003, auctioned off his 2000 Olympic gold medal on eBay to aid survivors of the 2004 tsunami, but he began to train again in 2011.Ervin competed in the 50-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed fifth.. }
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- Anthony_Ervin abstract "Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American international swimmer who has won two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. He is the first swimmer of African American descent to medal in Olympic swimming.Ervin stopped swimming competitively at the age of 22 in 2003, auctioned off his 2000 Olympic gold medal on eBay to aid survivors of the 2004 tsunami, but he began to train again in 2011.Ervin competed in the 50-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he placed fifth.".