Katie McLaughlin
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Full name | Kathryn McLaughlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dana Point, California, U.S. | July 9, 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mission Viejo Nadadores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kathryn "Katie" McLaughlin (born June 9, 1997) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. McLaughlin has represented the United States in international competition at the FINA world championships and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. She qualified for the 2020 US Olympic Swimming team in the 200m freestyle.
Career
At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, McLaughlin won a bronze medal in the 200m butterfly.[1] She then represented the United States at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships where she won a gold medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the 4×100 m mixed medley relay.[2] She also placed 6th and set a new 17-18 National Age Group Record in the 200m butterfly.[3] In 2021, at the US Olympic Swimming Trials, she placed fourth in the 200m freestyle, earning a spot on the Olympic team.[4][5]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, McLaughlin won a silver medal swimming the third leg of the Women's 4x200 meter Free Relay, with a split time of 1:55.3.
References
- ^ "National Junior Team Bios: Katie McLaughlin". USA Swimming. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ^ "LIST OF AMERICAN MEDALISTS AT THE 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA Swimming. 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ^ "KATIE MCLAUGHLIN NABS NEW 200 FLY NAG RECORD". SwimSwam. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. June 16, 2021.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Roster" (PDF). USA Swimming. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
External links
- Articles with short description
- Pages using infobox swimmer with national team parameter
- Pages using infobox swimmer with show-medals enabled
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American female freestyle swimmers
- American female butterfly swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade silver medalists for the United States
- Universiade bronze medalists for the United States
- People from Dana Point, California
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- California Golden Bears women's swimmers