Teenage Swimmer Katie Grimes Strives To Be The Best She Can, Guided By Katie Ledecky
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Athlete Bio#
Age
19
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Education
Undecided
Personal
- Daughter of Shari and Christian Grimes
- Inspired to try swimming after watching her two older brothers swim competitively
- Hobbies include listening to music, old cars (she drives a 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser), shopping and spending time with her family
- First individual athlete to qualify by name for the Paris Olympic Games 2024
Youngest member of Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 and the youngest U.S. Olympic swimmer since Amanda Beard who made the 1996 team at age 14
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, silver (400m Individual Medley - Women), 10th (1500m Freestyle - Women), 15th (10km Freestyle - Women)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (800m Freestyle - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2024 – 4th (5km Freestyle - Women), 5th (6km - Team Relay - Mixed), 15th (10km Freestyle - Women)
- Years of participation: 10km Freestyle - Women 2022, 2023, 2024; 5km Freestyle - Women 2024; 6km - Team Relay - Mixed 2023, 2024; 1500m Freestyle - Women 2022, 2023; 400m Individual Medley - Women 2022, 2023; 800m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2021
- Medals: 4 (3 silver, 1 bronze)
- Silver – 2023 (400m Individual Medley - Women); 2022 (1500m Freestyle - Women, 400m Individual Medley - Women)
- Bronze – 2023 (10km Freestyle - Women)
How Katie made the team#
Katie through the years#
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