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Regan Smith
Smith in 2018
Personal information
Nickname"Riptide Rocket"[1]
National teamUnited States
Born (2002-02-09) February 9, 2002 (age 22)
Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.[2]
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight123 lb (56 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly
College teamStanford
CoachBob Bowman
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 5 1
World Championships (LC) 5 3 1
Pan Pacific Championships 0 0 1
World Junior Championships 2 2 0
Total 9 10 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tokyo 200 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Indianapolis 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2017 Indianapolis 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m mixed medley

Regan Smith (/ˈrɡən/; born February 9, 2002) is an American competitive swimmer. She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games and won eight medals, including two golds. Smith also won nine total medals at the World Championships, including five golds. She was the 2019 world champion in the 200 m backstroke and the 2022 world champion in the 100 m backstroke.

Smith is the world record holder in the 100 m backstroke, the world junior record holder in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke, and the former world record holder in the 200 m backstroke.

Career

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Early career

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Smith started swimming at the Foss Swim School in 2007. When Smith was 12, she achieved multiple new age-group records and won medals at high school state meets. Following these successes, she joined Apple Valley's Riptide Swim Club and began to receive coaching from Mike Parratto, who was known for coaching 12-time Olympic medalist Jenny Thompson.[3]

By the time she was 14, Smith was competing at meets with Olympians such as Missy Franklin[4] and Katie Ledecky.[4] Smith competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.[5] In 2016, she became a member of the U.S. national junior team and set national age group records in the 100 y backstroke, 100 y butterfly, and 100 m backstroke. She was named the 2016 Age Group Swimmer of the Year for 13–14 year-olds.[6]

2017

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In July 2017, Smith competed in her first major international meet at the 2017 World Championships. She qualified for the 200 m backstroke event final and finished eighth.[7][8]

In August, Smith won gold medals in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke at the 2017 World Junior Championships. In the 100 m final, she broke Missy Franklin's 15–16 national age group record, as well as the world junior record previously set by Taylor Ruck in the semifinals.[9] Smith also won silver medals in the 4×100 medley relay and 4×100 mixed medley relay. She was awarded the 2017 National Age Group Swimmer of the Year for 15–16 year-olds.[10]

2018

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At the 2018 U.S. National Championships in July, Smith set a new world junior record when she and Kathleen Baker (at the time the world record holder for the 100 m backstroke) tied for first in the 200 m backstroke with a time of 2:06.43. Smith also finished third in both the 100 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly.[11]

In August 2018, Smith won her first senior international medal by taking bronze in the 200 m backstroke at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.[11] She wrapped up 2018 by earning the Age Group Swimmer of the Year title for the third time in her career and the second time consecutively in the age group (15–16 year-olds).[12]

2019

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2019 World Championships

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2019 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 200 m backstroke 2:03.69
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:50.40 (WR)

At the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Smith competed in one individual event, the 200 m backstroke. In the heats and semifinals, she asserted herself as the favorite, recording a time of 2:06.01 in the heats and consequently breaking her own world junior record.[13] In the semifinals, she surged away from the rest of the field and opened up a lead of two body lengths by the last 25 meters. She touched the wall with a time of 2:03.35, shattering Missy Franklin's world record of 2:04.06 that had stood since 2012.[14] The next day in the final, Smith won her first World Championship title, claiming gold by a margin of more than two and a half seconds. She was well under her world record pace with a 100-meter split of 59.45 (a time that would have placed sixth in the 100 m backstroke final held earlier).[15] Smith's pace fell off at the end, but she still managed to finish with the second-fastest 200 m backstroke ever with a time of 2:03.69.[15][16]

Despite not qualifying for an individual spot in the 100 m backstroke,[17] Smith was chosen as the backstroke leg for the United States in the 4×100 m medley relay final. She won gold along with Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia, and Simone Manuel, with a world-record time of 3:50.40 to break the previous mark of 3:51.55 set in 2017.[18] As the lead-off leg, Smith's split time was eligible for an official world record. Her lead-off split of 57.57 broke Kathleen Baker's 100 m backstroke world record of 58.00.[18]

Smith was awarded 2019 American Swimmer of the Year and World Swimmer of the Year for her achievements in 2019 by Swimming World. She was also named 2019 National Age Group Swimmer of the Year (17–18 year-olds) by SwimSwam, her fourth such award of her career.[19] For the year, she also received the Swammy Awards for World Junior Female Swimmer of the Year, becoming the first American swimmer to win the award, and Female Swimmer of the Year.[20][21]

2020

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2020 U.S. Open Championships

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In 2020, Smith graduated from Lakeville North High School in Lakeville, Minnesota. At the 2020 U.S. Open Championships, contested in December in a virtual competition format, Smith won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly with a 2:08.61 and the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke with a 59.95. She placed fourth in the 200 m backstroke with a 2:11.74, fifth in the 100 m butterfly with a 58.09, and ninth in the 200 m individual medley with a 2:15.20.[22]

2021

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2020 U.S. Olympic Trials

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In June 2021, Smith competed at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials and qualified for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. She won the 100 m backstroke final with a time of 58.35.[23][24][25] Earlier in the competition, she set a new U.S. Open record of 57.92 when she won the semifinals of the 100 m backstroke.[26][27] Smith also swam a 57.73 in the semifinals of the 100 m butterfly, ranked sixth, qualified for the final, and did not swim in the event final.[27][28]

On day four of the Olympic Trials, Smith advanced to the final of the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:07.89 and ranking second overall in the semifinals.[29][30][31] In the final, she placed second with a time of 2:06.99, qualifying to swim the event at the Olympic Games.[32][33] Smith competed in the preliminary heats of the 200 m backstroke on day six of the trials, swimming a 2:07.81 and advancing to the semifinals.[34][35] In the evening semifinals, she ranked first with a time of 2:07.23 and qualified for the final.[36][37] In the 200 m backstroke final, she finished third with a time of 2:06.79 and did not qualify to swim the event at the Olympic Games.[38][39]

2020 Olympic Games

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2020 Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 200 m butterfly 2:05.30
Silver medal – second place 4×100 m medley 3:51.73
Bronze medal – third place 100 m backstroke 58.05

Heading into the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Smith was one of 17 entrants in the 200 m butterfly and one of 43 entrants in the 100 m backstroke.[40] In the prelims of the 100 m backstroke on day two of competition, she advanced to the semifinals and set a new Olympic record in the event with a time of 57.96, which was broken in the last preliminary heat by Kaylee McKeown, who swam a 57.88.[41] Smith set the Olympic record again in the semifinals, recording a time of 57.86 and advancing to the final ranked first.[42][43] In the final, she won the bronze medal with a time of 58.05.[44][45][46] It was her first Olympic medal.[47]

In the evening of the fourth day of competition, Smith swam the fourth-fastest time out of all swimmers in the 200 m butterfly prelims and qualified for the semifinals.[48][49][50] In the competition session the following morning, she ranked fourth overall with a time of 2:06.64 in the semifinals and advanced to the final.[51][52] She won a silver medal in the final of the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:05.30.[53][54][55] On day nine of competition, Smith competed in the 4×100 m medley relay final as the backstroke leg for the U.S. alongside Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske, and Abbey Weitzeil.[56] The U.S. won the silver medal with a time of 3:51.73, finishing just 0.13 seconds behind Australia's Olympic-record performance of 3:51.60.[56][46][55][56]

2021 NCAA regular season

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Smith started competing collegiately for Stanford University in the fall of 2021.[57] At her first collegiate swim meet, a dual meet against San Jose State University in October, Smith won her two individual events, the 200 y butterfly and the 200 y individual medley, as well as the 4×50-medley relay.[57] On the first day of the 2021 North Caroline State Invitational in November, Smith placed seventh in the 500 y freestyle with a time of 4:43.86 and helped the 4×100 y medley relay place second in 3:28.76, splitting a 50.06 for the backstroke leg of the relay.[58] On the second day of competition, she placed second in the 4×50 y medley relay with her teammates, swimming a 23.74 on the backstroke leg, won the 100 y backstroke with a final time of 49.97 seconds, and helped win the 4×200 y freestyle relay, splitting a 1:44.95 for the relay's second leg.[59] In the evening of the third and final day of competition, Smith won the 200 y backstroke in 1:48.91 and the 200 y butterfly in 1:52.48.[60]

Switching over to long course meters in December, Smith won two individual events on the last day of competition at the 2021 U.S. Open Championships, the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:10.58 and the 200 m backstroke in a new championship record time of 2:07.09.[61] Earlier in the championships, Smith won the title in the 100 m backstroke, meaning she won each of the three events she competed in during the competition.[62]

2022

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2022 Pac-12 Championships

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Smith started off the Pac-12 Conference Championships on day one with two first-place finishes, one in the 4×50 y medley relay, where she swam the backstroke leg of the relay in 23.18, and one in the 4×200 y freestyle relay, where she split a 1:43.19 for the third leg.[63] On the third day of competition, Smith placed second in the 100 y butterfly with a 49.87.[64] In her second event of the evening, the 100 y backstroke, she won the conference title in a new Pac-12 Conference record of 49.50.[65] In her third event of the day, Smith split a 49.23 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 y medley relay to lower her Pac-12 Conference record in the 100 y backstroke and help achieve a first-place finish in 3:25.54.[64][66] On the fourth and final day of competition, she won the 200 y butterfly with a 1:50.99 and helped to win the 4×100 y freestyle relay in 3:09.06, splitting a 47.41 for the third leg.[67]

2022 NCAA Championships

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In her first event of the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, the 4×50 y medley relay, Smith split a 24.31 for the backstroke leg of the relay, helping place tenth with a final time of 1:34.97.[68] For her second event of the first day, she helped win the 4×200 y freestyle relay in a pool record time of 6:48.30, swimming a 1:43.35 for the third leg.[69] On day three, Smith placed third in the 100 y backstroke with a time of 49.96.[70] She achieved another third-place finish in her second event of the evening, the 4×100 y medley relay, where she split a 49.81 for the backstroke leg to contribute to a final time of 3:25.63.[71] On the fourth and final day of competition, Smith won the 200 y backstroke in 1:47.76, marking her first individual NCAA title, setting a new pool record, and finishing over 1.50 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.[72] In her other two events, she tied for second in the 200 y butterfly with a 1:51.19 and contributed a split of 47.74 seconds to the 4×100 y freestyle relay for the third leg to help achieve a second-place finish in 3:08.97.[73][74]

Following the end of the 2021–2022 collegiate season, Smith left Stanford University and turned professional. She started training with coach Bob Bowman and the Sun Devils, based at Arizona State University.[75][76] Smith believed she would be able to increase her training intensity with the switch[77] and mentioned her future goals, saying "Bob's leadership and training will have me exactly where I want to be for Paris 2024."[78]

2022 World Championships

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2022 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 100 m backstroke 58.22
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:53.78

At the 2022 U.S. International Team Trials in April in Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith qualified for the 2022 World Championships in three individual events, the 50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, and 200 m butterfly.[79]

On day three of the World Championships, held in June in Budapest, Hungary, Smith won the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke with a time of 58.22, finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Kylie Masse.[80][81][82] Two days later, Smith started off the evening finals session with a fourth-place finish in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:06.79.[83] Approximately 30 minutes later, she concluded the day with a tie for fifth-place in the 50 m backstroke, finishing 0.07 seconds behind bronze medalist Analia Pigrée with a time of 27.47.[84] For her final event of the championships, the 4×100 m medley relay on day eight, she led-off with a 58.40 to contribute to the gold medal-winning time of 3:53.78.[85]

2022 U.S. Open Championships

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At the 2022 U.S. Open Championships, her first competition following a change of training setting to the Sun Devils professional group at Arizona State, Smith set a personal best time of 2:11.66 in the preliminary heats of the 200 m individual medley on day two.[76][86] In the evening final, she improved upon her personal best time, lowering it to a 2:10.40 to win the gold medal.[87][88] The following day, she won her second gold medal, achieving a first-place finish in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 57.65.[89][90] For her third gold medal, she won the 100 m backstroke with a championship record of 57.95, which was 0.68 seconds faster than the former mark set in 2019 by Phoebe Bacon.[91][90][92] On day four of four, Smith won the gold medal in the 200 m backstroke with a championship record time of 2:05.28, finishing less than two seconds ahead of silver medalist Summer McIntosh.[93][94][95] Later in the same session, she concluded the championships with a fifth gold medal, winning the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:07.30.[95][96]

2023

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2023 TYR Pro Swim Series

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In March 2023, at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Smith achieved a pair of personal best times, first placing fourth in the 200 m freestyle with a 1:58.14 on day two, then winning the 100 m butterfly with a time of 56.60 on day three.[97][98]

In April 2023, the next leg of the TYR Pro Swim Series took place in Westmont, Illinois. Smith qualified for finals in four events, the 200 m butterfly, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 100 m butterfly. She won each of these events. Smith swam a time of 2:04.76 in the 200 m backstroke to break the U.S. Open record.[99]

2023 Sun Devil Open

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In June, at the 2023 Sun Devil Open in Tempe, Arizona, Smith swam a personal best in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:03.87, breaking the American record in the process and becoming the first American woman under the 2:04 mark.[100] Her time in the 200 m butterfly was the fourth-fastest time in history.[101] Smith also swam a personal best in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 2:08.48.[102]

2023 World Championships

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2023 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:52.08
Silver medal – second place 50 m backstroke 27.11
Silver medal – second place 100 m backstroke 57.78
Silver medal – second place 200 m backstroke 2:04.94
Bronze medal – third place 200 m butterfly 2:06.58

At the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Smith collected five total medals, four individual medals and one relay medal. In her first final of the competition, Smith won a silver medal in the 100 m backstroke with a time of 57.78. During the next day's semifinals, she swam the 50 m backstroke in 27.10, setting an American record. Smith swam two events in the next finals session, the 200 m butterfly and 50 m backstroke. She earned bronze with a time of 2:06.58 in the 200 m butterfly and silver in the 50 m backstroke with a 27.11. Smith earned silver in the 200 m backstroke with a time of 2:04.94.[103] Smith's second place finishes in the backstroke events were behind the world record holder in the 200 m backstroke and 100 m backstroke, Australia's Kaylee McKeown.[104] For her final race of the competition, Smith swam the backstroke leg of the 4×100 medley relay with a split of 57.68. With a time of 3:52.08, the team consisting of Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, and Kate Douglass, won the gold medal.[103][105]

2023 U.S. Open Championships

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At the 2023 U.S. Open Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith's performance was highlighted by her results on the final night. She won gold in both the 200 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly by a little over two seconds. She went a 2:04.27 in the 200 m backstroke to go a championship record by over two seconds, set by herself the previous year. In the 200 m butterfly, she went a 2:06.72 to beat the championship record from 1999 by about half a second.[106] The previous meet record was held by Susie O'Neill. The previous night, Smith won the 100 m backstroke in a time of 58.16. She had two personal best times at the meet, in the 400 m individual medley and 200 m individual medley, placing third and fifth in each event respectively in times of 4:38.77 and 2:09.50.[107]

2024

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2024 Olympic Games

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2024 Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:49.63 (WR)
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed medley 3:37.43 (WR)
Silver medal – second place 100 m backstroke 57.66
Silver medal – second place 200 m backstroke 2:04.26
Silver medal – second place 200 m butterfly 2:03.84

At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, Smith won the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m butterfly, and she finished third in the 100 m butterfly. She broke the world record in the 100 m backstroke.[5]

At the 2024 Olympic Games, Smith won silver medals in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m butterfly, finishing behind Kaylee McKeown in the backstroke events and behind Summer McIntosh in the butterfly. Smith broke the American record in the 200 m butterfly. She swam in the heats of the 4×100 mixed medley relay, and the U.S. won in the final, earning Smith her first Olympic gold medal. She then swam in the final of the 4×100 medley relay, helping the U.S. win gold.[108]

International championships

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Meet 50 backstroke 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 200 butterfly 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed medley
WC 2017 8th
WC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
OG 2021 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th[a]
WC 2022 5th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4th 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
OG 2024 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)[a]
a Smith swam only in the preliminaries.

Personal bests

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Long course meters (50 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Note(s) Ref
50 m backstroke 27.10 sf 2023 World Championships Fukuoka, Japan July 26, 2023 AM [5]
100 m backstroke 57.13 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis, United States June 18, 2024 WR [5]
200 m backstroke 2:03.35 sf 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea July 26, 2019 WJ, Former WR [14]
100 m butterfly 55.62 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis, United States June 16, 2024 [98]
200 m butterfly 2:03.84 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France August 1, 2024 NR [53]
200 m freestyle 1:58.14 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale, United States March 3, 2023 [97]
Legend: WRWorld record; NRAmerican record; WJWorld Junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

World records

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Long course meters (50 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Ref
200 m backstroke 2:07.19 sf 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary July 28, 2017 WJ Former [7][8]
100 m backstroke 59.11 2017 World Junior Championships Indianapolis, United States August 24, 2017 WJ Former [109][110]
100 m backstroke 59.11 r 2017 World Junior Championships Indianapolis, United States August 28, 2017 =WJ Former [111][110]
200 m backstroke (2) 2:06.43 2018 U.S. National Championships Irvine, United States July 26, 2018 WJ Former [112][13]
100 m backstroke (2) 59.09 h 2018 U.S. National Championships Irvine, United States July 28, 2018 WJ Former [110][17]
100 m backstroke (3) 58.83 2018 U.S. National Championships Irvine, United States July 28, 2018 WJ Former [17][18]
200 m backstroke (3) 2:06.01 h 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea July 26, 2019 WJ Former [13][14]
200 m backstroke (4) 2:03.35 sf 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea July 26, 2019 WR Former [14][113]
WJ Current [14]
100 m backstroke (4) 57.57 r 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea July 28, 2019 WR Former [18][114]
WJ Current [18]
100 m backstroke (5) 57.13 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis, United States June 18, 2024 WR Current [115]
Legend: WRWorld record; WJWorld Junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Awards and honors

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  • Golden Goggle Award, Breakout Performer of the Year: 2019[116]
  • Golden Goggle Award, Female Race of the Year: 2019[116]
  • Golden Goggle Award, Relay Performance of the Year: 2019[116]
  • Swimming World, World Swimmer of the Year (female): 2019[117]
  • Swimming World, American Swimmer of the Year (female): 2019[117]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Swimmer of the Year (female): 2019[21]
  • SwimSwam Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#2),[118] 2022 (#11)[119]
  • Pac-12 Conference, Swimmer of the Year (women's): 2022[120]
  • Pac-12 Conference, Freshman of the Year (women's): 2022[120]
  • Pac-12 Conference, Swimmer of the Week (women's): January 26, 2022,[121] February 2, 2022[122]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Junior Swimmer of the Year (female): 2019[20]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 17—18 (female): 2019,[19] 2020[123]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 15—16 (female): 2017,[10] 2018[12]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 13—14 (female): 2016[6]

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Records
Preceded by Women's 200-meter backstroke
world record-holder (long course)

July 26, 2019 – March 10, 2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 100-meter backstroke
world record-holder (long course)

July 28, 2019 – June 13, 2021
June 18, 2024 – present
Succeeded by

Australia Kaylee McKeown
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Swimming World
World Swimmer of the Year

2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Katie Ledecky
American Swimmer of the Year
2019
Succeeded by
Katie Ledecky