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Full name | Karlee Delane Bispo | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Modesto, California, U.S. | January 14, 1990||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Eddie Reese | ||||||||||||||
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Karlee Delane Bispo (born January 14, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in middle-distance freestyle events.
Bispo graduated Downey High School. At the University of Texas where she swam from around 2008-2012, she was an 18-time All-American. [1]
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Bispo won a gold medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay with her teammates Katie Ledecky, Shannon Vreeland, and Missy Franklin in a time of 7:45.14. [2] Swimming the third leg, she recorded a split of 1:57.58.
On the third day of the U.S. Olympic trials in 2016, she captured fourth for the 200-meter freestyle in a preliminary heat at 1:59.29 qualifying 12th overall for the 200 freestyle semifinals. She also qualified 12th for the 200 individual medley semifinals. [3]