Anna Peplowski

Anna Peplowski

Personal information
Born	(2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 (age 22) Germantown Hills, Illinois, U.S.
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Indiana Swim Club
College team	Indiana University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the   United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 2025 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle

Anna Peplowski (born September 25, 2002) is an American competitive swimmer.

Early life

Peplowski attended Metamora Township High School in Metamora, Illinois northeast of Peoria, Illinois. She attends Indiana University and started swimming for the Indiana Hoosiers during her freshman season in 2021–22. Her older sister Noelle also swam for the Hoosiers. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

2022

At the 2022 U.S. Championships in Irvine, California in July, Peplowski competed in the 200m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, and 200m backstroke. She finished seventh in all three events. ^[3]

2023

Peplowski competed at the 2023 U.S. Championships in Indianapolis held in June and July. She finished seventh in the 200m freestyle. ^[3] Later in July, Peplowski competed at the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. She swam in the heats of the 4×200m freestyle relay, and the U.S. finished second in the final, earning her a silver medal. ^[1]

2024

At the 2024 NCAA Championships in Athens, Georgia in March, Peplowski won the silver medal in the 200 yards freestyle and the bronze medal in the 500 yards freestyle. ^[1] She competed at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in June. She finished fifth in the 200m freestyle and sixth in the 400m freestyle. ^[3]

2025

At the 2025 NCAA championships Anna won the women’s 200 yard freestyle in a 1:40.50. At the US nationals later in June, she tied for fourth in the 200 meter free style with Erin Gemmell with a 1:55.82, qualifying to the world championships. Erin and Anna later had a swim off to determine who would swim the 200 free individually, with Erin beating Anna. At the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, Anna swam prelims of the 4x200 meter freestyle relay splitting a 1:55.16, the fastest split of prelims. She swam the final of this relay as well and split a huge 1:54.75 on the second leg. Together with Claire Weinstein, Erin Gemmell, and Katie Ledecky, they won silver behind Australia. They broke the previous American record set the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

References

1. "Anna Peplowski". swimswam.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
2. "Anna Peplowski". iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
3. "Anna Peplowski". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.