Benjamin Schulte

Olympic career

Schulte competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London at the age of 16. For his determination, Schulte was nominated for the Open Water Swimming Association's Swimming Man of the Year award in 2012, to which he was runner-up.

Schulte competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Guamanian National Olympic Committee (NOC) president Ricardo Blas told Schulte, "You deserve the opportunity and right to carry the flag and lead Guam into the Olympic Games".

He had planned to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the men's 100 meter breaststroke. Schulte also competed in the 400 meter freestyle; 50 and 100 meter breaststroke; 400 meter individual medley; 400 meter freestyle relay; and 400 meter medley relay.

Schulte set the Pacific Games and a Guamanian national record for the 100 meter breaststroke in the first heat of the 2015 Pacific Games with a time of 1:03.42. In the finals, he finished second and earned a silver medal. The winner of the race, Amini Fonua, broke the Pacific Games record he set six hours prior. He also earned two gold and one bronze medal, winning the most medals for Guam at the Games.

During the 2016 Oceania Championships, Schulte swam in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke. In the 100 meter, he won the preliminary round, but finished second in the finals with a time of 1:03.46, earning a silver medal. For the 50 meter breaststroke, he finished second in the preliminary round; however, he edged out New Zealand swimmer Jacob Garrod with a time of 29.26 seconds to win the gold medal.

In the 2014 Micronesian Games, Schulte performed well. He earned a gold medal in 9 out of the 11 events he participated in, and was given the nickname "Micro Phelps".