Abbey Weitzeil

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Abbey Weitzeil
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Weitzeil in 2017
Personal information
Full nameAbbigail Weitzeil
National teamUnited States
Born (1996-12-03) December 3, 1996 (age 27)
Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight130 lb (59 kg) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Canyons Aquatic Club
College team University of California, Berkeley
Coach Teri McKeever
Coley Stickels
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 231
World Championships (LC) 331
World Championships (SC) 351
Pan Pacific Championships 010
Summer Universiade 111
Total9134
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kazan 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m mixed medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Gwangju 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Gwangju 4×100 m medley

Abbigail "Abbey" Weitzeil (born December 3, 1996) is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. A multiple time Olympic medalist, 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. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay and a bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, swimming in the final of both events. She is the American record holder in the 50-yard freestyle and is part of the American Record in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

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Early life and education

Weitzeil grew up in Santa Clarita, California. She attended Saugus High School, where she was a four-time CIF Champion in swimming and set national records in the 50 yard and 100 yard freestyle. [2]

Weitzeil attended University of California, Berkeley from 2016 to 2020 and swam collegiately for the California Golden Bears. In her senior year at California, Weitzeil was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate competitor in swimming and diving. [3] [4]

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.

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. [5]

2014 World Swimming Championships

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

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 US Olympic Trials

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. [6]

2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 4×100 m medley relay 3:53.13
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:31.89 (AM)

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.

2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic briefly resulted in the 2020 Summer Olympics being cancelled before venues could be secured for July 2021, Weitzeil did not stop her training. She commuted to different pools that were open to remain on track for the Olympics which ended up being postponed to 2021. [7]

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4x100 m medley relay 3:51.73
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:32.81

Weitzeil made the US Olympic swim team in two individual events for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle. [8] [9] She also made the team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. [9]

On day two of competition, Weitzeil swam in the final of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, spitting the fastest 100-meter swim of any of the swimmers on the American relay with a 52.68. [10] She and her relay teammates won the bronze medal with a relay time of 3:32.81 in the final. [11] [12] [13] Weitzeil became the first University of California, Berkeley athlete to win a medal at the 2020 Olympics in any sport. [14]

In her first individual race at the 2020 Olympics, the prelims of the 100-meter freestyle on day five of competition, Weitzeil ranked eleventh for all prelims heats with her time of 53.21 and advanced to the semifinals. [15] In the semifinals of the event, Weitzeil lowered her time to a 52.99 and qualified for the final ranked seventh overall. [16] [17] [18] Weitzeil swam the freestyle leg of the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay in the prelims heats on day six, participating in the first swimming race in the history of the Olympic Games that men and women competed in the same event. [19] She helped the relay finish ranked second overall and advance to the final. [19] [20]

In the final of the 100-meter freestyle on day seven, Weitzeil placed eighth. [21] Later the same day, Weitzel ranked seventh in the prelims of the 50-meter freestyle with her time of 24.37 and advanced to the semifinals. [22] In the semifinals of the 50-meter freestyle on day eight, Weitzeil swam a personal best time of 24.19 and advanced to the final ranked fourth overall. [18] [23]

On the final day of competition, Weitzeil placed eighth with a time of 24.41 in the final of the 50-meter freestyle. [24] [25] For each of her individual events, the 50 meter and 100 meter freestyle, Weitzeil was the highest ranking female American swimmer and the only one to make it to the final of each event. [18] In the final of the 4x100-meter medley relay she swam the freestyle leg of the relay and won the silver medal in the event with her finals relay teammates Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske, as well as the swimmers who had swum on the prelims relay. [24] [25] [26]

International Swimming League

Weitzeil was selected for Team LA Current as part of the 2021 International Swimming League. [27]

2021 World Short Course Championships

2021 World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 4×100 m freestyle 3:28.52
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 4×50 m freestyle 1:34.22
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4×50 m medley 1:43.61
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4×50 m mixed medley 1:37.04
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 4×200 m freestyle 7:36.53
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 100 m freestyle 51.64

Weitzeil entered to compete in a mix of individual events, which included the 100-meter individual medley, 50-meter freestyle, and 100-meter freestyle, for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December. [28]

In the final of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay on the first day of competition, Weitzeil substituted in for Torri Huske, and helped win a gold medal in a time of 3:28.52 which tied the relay team from Canada. [29] The tie between the United States and the Canada relay teams was the first time in the history of the FINA World Short Course Championships that two teams tied for the gold medal in the event. [30] On the second day, Weitzeil ranked fourth overall in the prelims heats of the 100-meter freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals with her time of 52.81 seconds. [31] In the evening, Weitzeil won a silver medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay in 1:43.61, anchoring the relay with a time of 23.10 seconds. [32] [33] Later in the same session, Weitzeil qualified for the final of the 100 meter freestyle ranking fifth in the semifinals with a 52.29. [34] For her third and final event of the evening, Weitzeil anchored the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay in 23.17 seconds, contributing to the 1:29.04 for a fourth-place finish. [33] [35]

On day three, Weitzeil swam a 59.44 in the prelims heats of the 100 meter individual medley, qualifying for the semifinals ranking eighth. [36] Later in the day she won a bronze medal in the final of the 100 meter freestyle, finishing less than half a second behind silver medalist Sarah Sjöström of Sweden with a time of 51.64 seconds. [37] [38] For her second event of the evening Weitzeil placed ninth in the semifinals of the 100 meter individual medley with a time of 59.00 seconds and did not qualify for the final. [39] Weitzeil concluded her competition on day three with the final of the 4×50 meter mixed medley relay, where she split a 23.21 to help achieve a 1:37.04 and earn the silver medal. [40] In the morning prelims on day five, Weitzeil qualified for the semifinals of the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 23.69 seconds and ranking third overall. [41] For the semifinals, Weitzeil ranked fourth and qualified for the final with a 23.63. [42] Wrapping up her day five events, Weitzeil won a silver medal as part of the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, splitting a 1:54.31 for the second leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 7:36.53. [43]

Day six of six days of competition, Weitzeil anchored the 4×50 meter freestyle relay with a 23.62 in the prelims heats, contributing to a time of 1:35.88 and number one ranking heading into the final. [44] She split a 23.59 leading-off the 4×50 meter freestyle relay in the final, helping win the gold medal in a time of 1:34.22. [45] [46] In her second event of the evening, Weitzeil swam a 23.58 and placed fifth in the final of the 50 meter freestyle. [47] For the final event of the championships, Weitzeil anchored the 4×100 metre medley relay with a 51.06, the fastest freestyle split out of all relays in the final by over two-tenths of a second, to contribute to a fourth-place finish in 3:47.68. [48]

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateNotesRef
50 m freestyle24.00 2023 USA Swimming Championships Indianapolis, IN, USA July 1, 2023 sf [18]
100 m freestyle52.99 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan July 29, 2021 sf [18]

Legend: sf – semifinal

Short course meters (25 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateNotes
50 m freestyle23.44 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy September 18, 2021 AM
100 m freestyle51.26 2020 International Swimming League Budapest, Hungary November 10, 2020 AM
50 m breaststroke30.91 2020 International Swimming League Budapest, Hungary October 16, 2020
50 m butterfly25.35 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy September 19, 2021
100 m individual medley58.59 2020 International Swimming League Budapest, Hungary October 25, 2020
Legend: AM – Americas 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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