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Jessica Long. Jessica Tatiana Long PLY (born February 29, 1992) is a Russian-American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held many world records and competed at six Paralympic Games, winning 30 medals (17 of them gold). She has won over 50 world championship medals.
7.5km open water. 2022 Victoria. Team event. Kathryn Eileen Grimes (born January 8, 2006) is an American competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won silver medals in the 1500 meter freestyle and the 400 meter individual medley. [citation needed] She placed fourth in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
Tatjana Smith. Tatjana Smith (née Schoenmaker; born 9 July 1997) is a South African retired swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history. Smith won the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the ...
Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (/ ləˈdɛki / lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) [6] is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated ...
Natalie Coughlin Hall. Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute—ten days before her 20th birthday in ...
Riley Gaines. Riley Marie Gaines[2] (born April 21, 2000), [3][4] also known as Riley Gaines Barker, [5] is an American former competitive swimmer, political activist and a 12-time NCAA All-American [6] who competed for the University of Kentucky NCAA swim team. She was the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Scholar ...
100 m freestyle. Victoria "Torri" Huske (/ ˈtɔːriːˈhʌsk / TOR-ee HUSK; Chinese given name: 简爱, pinyin : Jiǎn’ài, born December 7, 2002) [ 1 ] is an American competitive swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter butterfly. She holds world records in two relays: the 4x100-meter medley and 4x100-meter mixed medley.
1987 Brisbane. 800 m freestyle. 1991 Edmonton. 200 m freestyle. Janet Beth Evans OLY [ 1 ] (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.