Sophia
Herzog

Qualified | Qualified for Los Angeles 2028

Paralympian 2016, 2020

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GOLD

1
SILVER

1
BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Height

4'0"

Age

Hometown

Fairplay, CO

Education

Devry University

classification: S6, SM6, SB6

Colorado Springs Olympic and Paralympic Training Center resident Sophia Herzog was on the U.S. Paralympics Swimming Emerging Team twice in her career before making the national team in 2015...Herzog was first taught to swim and dive by her mother with the Dwarf Athletic Association of America...She swam with Miranda Uhl and Erin Popovich in her first swim meet with U.S. Paralympics...Daughter of Ralph and Patricia Herzog...Interests include riding horses, drawing, painting, skiing and spending time with her dog Goldy...Lives in the town the show South Park is based on...Is a tour guide at the Colorado Springs Olympic and Paralympic Training Center when she is not training

Paralympic Experience

2-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)

Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women), 7th (200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women), 15th (50m Butterfly S6 - Women)
Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women), 6th (200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women), 10th (50m Butterfly S6 - Women), 12th (400m Freestyle S6 - Women), 13th (100m Freestyle S6 - Women), 14th (50m Freestyle S6 - Women)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2022 – silver (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women), 7th (50m Butterfly S6 - Women), 9th (50m Freestyle S6 - Women)
Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women 2017, 2019, 2022; 50m Butterfly S6 - Women 2022; 50m Freestyle S6 - Women 2017, 2019, 2022; 200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women 2017, 2019; 400m Freestyle S6 - Women 2017, 2019; 100m Backstroke S6 - Women 2017; 100m Freestyle S6 - Women 2017; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women 2017; 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Mixed 2017
Medals: 6 (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Gold – 2017 (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women)
Silver – 2022 (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women); 2017 (200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women)
Bronze – 2017 (100m Backstroke S6 - Women, 100m Freestyle S6 - Women)

“I just feel more prepared all around for everything. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still feel a little nervous, excited, scared, happy — all of it right now.”