An Olympic Silver Medalist In the Pool, Katie Grimes Finishes Top 15 In The Marathon Swim
Marathon swimmers face all sorts of conditions. In Paris, the open-water swimmers faced a mean current.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'10"
Age
33
Hometown
Granite Bay, CA
Education
Granite Bay High School (Granite Bay, Calif.) '09 University of Southern California ’13, Communications
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Randall and Colette Anderson
- Colette swam at University of Hawaii
- Has one older sister, Alyssa, and one younger sister, Jordan, both are swimmers
- Alyssa won gold at the Olympic Games London 2012 in the 4x200 freestyle
- Competed in soccer, track and field, and cross-country before committing to swimming
- Hobbies include reading, watching cooking and home renovation TV shows and spending time with her dog, Baxter
- Appeared on “Hell’s Kitchen” in 2016
- Most decorated female open water swimmer in American history, with eight international medals, entering Tokyo 2020.
Career Highlights
- First American to earn an Olympic medal in open water swimming
Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 6th (10km Freestyle - Women)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 5th (10km Freestyle - Women)
- Olympic Games London 2012, silver (10km Freestyle - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – silver (10km Freestyle - Women), bronze (5km - Team Relay - Mixed)
- Years of participation: 10km Freestyle - Women 2015, 2017, 2019; 5km - Team Relay - Mixed 2017, 2019; 400m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2018; 800m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2018; 5km Freestyle - Women 2013, 2015, 2017; 5km - Team Time Trial - Mixed 2013; 25km Freestyle - Women 2010, 2011; 1500m Freestyle - Women 2009; 800m Freestyle - Women 2009
- Medals: 5 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2015 (5km Freestyle - Women); 2013 (5km Freestyle - Women)
- Silver – 2019 (10km Freestyle - Women); 2017 (5km - Team Relay - Mixed)
- Bronze – 2019 (5km - Team Relay - Mixed)
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