Ben is in the 50 Freeestyle and will help on the 4x100 freestyle relay
Stats:
- CLUB: Stanford Swimming (STAN-CA)
- DOB: Sep 21, 1984
- HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm)
- WEIGHT: 200 lbs (90.7 kg)
- HOMETOWN: San Francisco, Calif.
- RESIDENCE: Palo Alto, Calif.
- BIRTHPLACE: San Francisco, Calif.
- COACHED BY: Skip Kenney
Personal Notes:
- High School: Lick-Wildmerding HS '03
- College: Stanford ’07
- College Major: Biomechanical Engineering
- Future Professional Aspirations: Doctor
- Parents: Michael Tobriner and Stephanie Wildman; father is an attorney, and mother is a law professor
- Sibling(s): Older sister (Becky) who used to swim and play water polo
- Notable Relative(s): Grandfather (Matthew Tobriner) served on the California Supreme Court in the 1960s
- Sports Played Before Swimming: Baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf
- Nickname(s): Vildman; when he was in Europe, a clerk at the train station pronounced Wildman in a German accent, and people just kept calling him that
- Hobbies Outside the Pool: Playing golf, writing songs, playing the guitar, wood working, photography
- Ultimate Way to Relax: Playing the guitar while camping
- Most Influential Person: Parents; "I’ve always looked up to them. They’ve taught me a lot in life, most importantly, to never bet against yourself.”
- Training Stats: Swims 7,000 meters/yards per day, 3-4 hours a day, 6 days a week
- In Aug. 2005 after competing at the World Champs, traveled to Izmir, Turkey, to watch Stanford teammates Kyle Ransom and Shaun Phillips compete at WUGs; he came as a result of a "gentleman’s agreement" made with Phillips and Ransom at the 2005 World Champ Trials in April, where all three were attempting to qualify for a summer international team; if Phillips and Ransom made the WUGs team, and if Wildman-Tobriner made the World Champs (held the last week of July in Montreal) team, he would travel to Turkey and cheer them on; after WUGs, the three went on a tour of Europe, hitting up Austria, Italy and Greece
- was a Rhodes Scholar finalist in the fall of 2007
- Favorites:
- U.S. city: Honolulu
- int'l destination: Rome
- band: Brand New
- summer activity: golf
- T.V. show: Lost
- movie: The Matrix
