Abbey Weitzeil

Abbey Weitzeil

Personal information
Full name	Abbey Weitzeil
National team	United States
Born	December 3, 1996 Saugus, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Canyons Aquatic Club
Coach	Coley Stickels
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (LC) 1 0 1 Pan Pacific Championships 0 1 0 World Championships (SC) 1 2 0 Summer Universiade 1 1 1 Total 3 4 2 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Gwangju 100 m freestyle 2015 Gwangju 4 × 100 m medley

Abbey Weitzeil (born December 3, 1996) is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. A two time Olympic medallist, she won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay for swimming in the preliminary heats and a silver medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is the American record holder in the 50-yard freestyle and is part of the American Record in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Starting in the fall of 2016, Weitzeil will attend University of California, Berkeley and swim for the California Golden Bears.

Swimming career

2014 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships

At the 2014 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships in Federal Way, Washington Weitzeil set the American Record in the 100-yard freestyle. Her record time of 46.29 bested the previous record held by Simone Manuel by 0.33. She set the record while swimming lead off for Canyons Aquatic Club's 4x100 Freestyle relay. Weitzeil became the 17th teenager to hold the record in that event. This was the first American Record ever set at a Junior National event.

2014: International Debut & Pan Pacifics

At the 2014 Phillips 66 Nationals, the selection meet for the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and 2015 World Championships, Weitzeil qualified for both meets by finishing fifth in the 50-meter freestyle and fourth in the 100-meter freestyle. At the Pan Pacific Championships, her first international swimming competition, Weitzeil finished 10th in the 100-meter free. She also won silver as a member of the 400-meter free relay alongside Simone Manuel, Missy Franklin, and Shannon Vreeland, splitting 53.81 seconds on her leg.^[2]

Later that year, Weitzeil went on to win one gold and two silver medals at the 2014 World Short Course Championships.

2015 World Championships

At the 2015 World Championships, she won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter mixed freestyle relay and a bronze in 4x100-meter freestyle relay. She swam in the preliminary heats for both relays.

2016 American Short Course Championships

At the 2016 American Short Course Championships in Austin, Texas Weitzeil set the American Record in the 50 yard Freestyle with a time of 21.12. The previous record held by Lara Jackson was a 21.27 and was set during the "super suit" era.

2016 Summer Olympic Games

Weitzeil qualified for her first Olympics by sweeping both the 50- and the 100-meter freestyles at the 2016 US Olympic trials. In the 100-meter freestyle, she won with a time of 53.28 seconds, 24 hundredths of a second ahead of second-place finisher Simone Manuel. She also finished first in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.28.^[3]

On the first night of the swimming portion at the Olympics, she won a silver medal as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay along with Manuel, Dana Vollmer, and Katie Ledecky in 3:31.89, which was a new American Record. Her split of 52.56 was the fastest among her team. She also swam in the preliminary heats of the 4x100-meter medley relay and received a gold medal when the team won in the finals. In her individual events, Weitzeil finished seventh in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 53.30 and missed qualifying for the final of the 50-meter freestyle.

Personal Best Times

Event	Time	Location	Date	Notes
50 m freestyle	24.28	Omaha	July 3, 2016
100 m freestyle	53.28	Omaha	July 1, 2016

References

2. "Abbey Weitzeil Bio". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
3. Albano, Dan. "Abbey Weitzeil finishes a double at Olympic swimming trials". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2016-08-21.

External links

• Abbey Weitzeil at USA Swimming
• Abbey Weitzeil at TeamUSA.org