Kayla Han

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Kayla Han
Personal information
Full nameKayla Han
NicknameHan
National teamUnited States
Born (2008-05-31) May 31, 2008 (age 15) [1]
Brea, California, United States [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, individual medley, butterfly
ClubCarmel Swim Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships (LC) 001
World Junior Championships 100
Junior Pan Pac Championships 010
Total111
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Netanya 800 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pac Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Honolulu 400 m medley

Kayla Han is an American competitive swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. She is a 800 m freestyle Champion in 2023 World Junior Championships. In 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, she won silver medalist in the 400-meter individual medley. At the 2021 U.S. Open Championships, Han achieved a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter individual medley and placed seventh in the 800-meter freestyle. She won the B-final of the 400-meter individual medley in Wave I of the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials where she was the youngest swimmer to compete at 13 years of age. A video of the race posted by NBC Sports on YouTube became the most viewed video from the year's Olympic trials.

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Early life

Han was born May 31, 2008, in Brea, California. She competes for the Carmel Swim Club.

Swimming career

2018—2020

Over the course of 2018 and 2019, Han accumulated six USA Swimming national age group records for the girls 10 and under age group. [2] Her first record was in the 200-yard individual medley in December 2018 with a time of 2:13.33. [3] The next four records she accumulated over the months of January, February, and March in 2019, earning three more records in the 200-yard individual medley as well as one record in the 500-yard freestyle. [2] [4] She culminated her record breaking streak in May 2019 by achieving her first national age group record in long course meters in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:28.70. [5] Her accomplishments as a 10 year old were noticed by Swimming World and SwimSwam , with Swimming World giving her their "Up & Comers" honor for the month of June 2019 and SwimSwam awarding her the female Age Group Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award for the 2019 year. [2] [6] Further performances in 2020 that put her at the top of her age group, then the 11—12 year old age group, in multiple events though not yet breaking age group records received additional recognition from SwimSwam , who awarded her the Swammy Award for the female Age Group Swimmer of the Year for 11—12 year olds for 2020. [7]

2021: US Olympic Trials B-final winner at 13 years of age

2021 CA Speedo Grand Challenge

At the 2021 California Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, California, in May 2021, Han set three additional national age group records, this time for the girls 11—12 age group and over the span of one weekend. [8] [9] On the first day of competition, 28 May, Han broke the 400-meter freestyle national age group record set by Claire Tuggle with a time of 4:17.65. [10] The following day, Han broke a second national age group record. She swam a 4:50.70 to break the 400-meter individual medley record set by Elizabeth Beisel in 2005 by over 4 seconds and qualify for the 2020 US Olympic Trials. [11] [12] The third day of competition, 30 May, Han broke a third national age group record. This time she broke the 800-meter freestyle record set by Isabella Rongione in 2012. Han's time of 8:50.58 was almost 5 seconds faster than the previous record. [9]

2020 US Olympic Trials

NBC Sports official video: Han wins 400m IM B-final TV-icon-2.svg
NBC Sports official video: Han wins 400m IM B-final

Han was the youngest swimmer to qualify for the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, held in Omaha, Nebraska, and postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 12 years of age. [1] [11] [13]

In the Wave I preliminary heats of the 400-meter individual medley, on June 5, Han swam a 4:56.66 and advanced to the B-final. [14] She won the B-final later in the day with a time of 4:51.08 at 13 years, 5 days of age and did not advance to Wave II of the Olympic Trials. [14] [15] NBC Sports posted a video clip of Han's win on its YouTube channel. [16] The clip turned out to be the most watched video clip from the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in swimming on YouTube with over 940,000 views, beating out clips of swimmers who had previously competed in Olympic Games and won multiple Olympic gold medals including Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky, and Caeleb Dressel. [17] [18] [19] By August 2022, the video had garnered over 1.2 million views and remained the most watched clip from the trials. [19]

Her performances leading up to and at the 2020 Olympic Trials were noted by Swimming World who, in July 2021, gave her their "Up & Comers" age group swimmer of the month honor for her achievements. [20]

2021 Speedo Summer Championships

At the 2021 West Speedo Summer Championships in Irvine, California, in August, Han set personal best times in a number of events including the 400-meter freestyle where she swam a 4:14.52 and ranked as the third fastest female American 13 years of age to swim the race in history. [21]

On day one of competition, August 3, Han took fourth place with a time of 8:50.59 in the 800-meter freestyle. [22] The following morning, on day two of competition, Han swam a personal best time of 2:03.23 in the 200-meter freestyle prelims and advanced to the championship final of the event ranked fifth overall. [23] In the championship final, Han placed eighth with a time of 2:03.44. [22]

Day three, Han lowered her best time in the 400-meter individual medley two times, first to a 4:50.65 in the prelims where she placed third, then to a 4:49.73 in the championship final where she placed fifth and was the only swimmer under 14 years of age competing. [22] [24] Her swims moved her to the #22 position for 13—14 year old female American swimmers all-time. [24] She also lowered her personal best time in the 400-meter freestyle, swimming a 4:14.52 in the championship final, taking second place in the event where she was the only swimmer under 16 years of age to advance to the championship final, and dropping over two seconds off her previous best time. [21] [22]

Her fifth and final day of competition, Han competed every day of the championships, Han placed fifth in the 1500-meter freestyle with a time of 16:55.32, which was a little slower than the personal best time of 16:52.75 she swam at a 2021 Summer Sectional swim meet in Roseville, California, in July. [22] [25]

2021 U.S. Open Championships

For the 2021 U.S. Open Championships, Han entered to compete in six individual events in the pre-scratch stage of lead-up to the start of competition on December 1. [26] Han was noted as someone to watch in one of four events of the meet highlighted in advance of competition by SwimSwam , specifically the 800-meter freestyle. [27] In the 800-meter freestyle, Han placed seventh overall with a personal best time of 8:46.18, dropping 4.4 seconds from her previous best time of 8:50.58 swum in May and finishing over 30 seconds behinds gold medalist Katie Ledecky. [28] Han finished second in the b-final, second-fastest final, of the 400-meter freestyle in 4:15.74. [29] In the fastest final heat, called the a-final, of the 400-meter individual medley on the third day of competition, Han placed fourth with a personal best time of 4:47.92 in the event, finishing less than 10 seconds behind the gold medalist Leah Smith. [30] [31] Later in the same finals session, she placed sixth with a time of 2:04.28 in the b-final of the 200-meter freestyle. [32] On the fourth and final day of competition, Han qualified for the c-final of the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:19.14 in the prelims heats and placed first with a time of 16:43.02 in the slowest heat of the 1500-meter freestyle, where she dropped almost 10 full seconds from her previous best time. [33] [34] In her last final of the Championships, Han was bumped up to the b-final in the 200-meter butterfly, after Hana Shimizu-Bowers decided to forgo competing, where she placed fifth with a personal best time of 2:16.80, which was less than seven seconds slower than the time of 2:10.58 swum by the gold medalist Regan Smith. [33] [35]

2022: Junior Pan Pacific medalist at 14 years of age

In January 2022, Han swam personal best times at the Road to 2022 Senior Invitational in La Mirada, a meet held leading up to various World Championships in 2022 such as the 2022 World Junior Championships to be held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a 8:43.88 in the 800-meter freestyle, a 16:37.59 in the 1500-meter freestyle, a 2:16.68 in the 200-meter butterfly, and a 2:17.98 in the 200-meter individual medley. [36] In April, she swam best times in the 400-meter individual medley, a 4:46.01 that ranked as the fastest all-time for 13-year-old American girls, and the 200-meter freestyle, a 2:02.17, at the 2022 Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions. [37] She also won the 800-meter freestyle in a personal best time of 8:42.15 and achieved a personal best time with a 2:17.62 in the 200-meter individual medley preliminary heats. [38] Earlier in the meet, she swam a personal best time of 58.35 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle and 4:13.24 in the 400-meter freestyle. [39]

2022 International Team Trials

In the 800-meter freestyle on the first day of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, in late April, Han placed fifth in the slowest heats with a personal best time of 8:41.02. [40] Two days later, she qualified for the b-final of the 400-meter individual medley, swimming a 4:49.97 in the prelims heats to rank tenth overall. [41] She won the b-final with a personal best time of 4:44.63. [42] On the fourth day, she ranked 17th in the prelims heats of the 400-meter freestyle with a 4:15.86 and qualified for the c-final. [43] She was bumped into the b-final in the evening finals session, where she placed fourth, twelfth overall, with a personal best time of 4:13.22. [44] In her final event, the 1500-meter freestyle on day five, she placed third in the slowest heats with a personal best time of 16:36.60. [45]

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships

2022 Junior Pan Pac Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 400 m individual medley 4:43.60 (pb)

In May 2022, Han was named to the United States roster by USA Swimming for the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the 1500-meter freestyle and the 400-meter individual medley based on her performances at the 2022 US International Team Trials. [46] [47] She was one of four female swimmers named to the roster in individual medley events along with Teagan O'Dell, Julia Podkościelny, and Emily Thompson. [47] On the first day of competition at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu, she achieved a personal best time of 8:35.85 in the 800-meter freestyle and ranked ninth overall when the results from the slowest and fastest heats were merged. [48] Day two, she finished second in the third preliminary heat of the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:46.99, ranked second across all prelims heats, and qualified for the final. [48] [49] In the evening, she finished in a personal best time of 4:43.60 behind Mio Narita of Japan to win the silver medal at 14 years, 86 days of age. [50] [51] [52] [53] The following day, she placed 19th in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:14.17 and day four of four, she ranked seventh out of all heats in the 1500-meter freestyle with a time of 16:43.13. [48]

End of the year Championships

At the 2022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet, held in November in La Mirada, Han achieved a National Age Group record for the girls 13–14 age group in the 400-yard individual medley with a personal best time of 4:06.95, which lowered the former record set in 2004 by Katie Hoff by 1.49 seconds. [54] On the second day of the 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships edition West, in December, she placed sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:44.64. The third day, she placed third in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:07.77 followed up by a twenty-third place in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:49.19. [55] For the 1650-yard freestyle on the fourth and final day, she placed third with a personal best time of 16:05.75 and was the only swimmer under 15 years of age to place in the top three for the event, finishing behind 16-year-old Katie Grimes and 15-year-old Claire Weinstein. [56] Later in the same session, she placed second in the 200-yard butterfly b-final with a time of 1:58.09. [55]

2023

At the 2023 Speedo Sectionals in March and conducted in long course meters at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, Han won four individual events including the 400 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 4:11.34 and the 1500 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 16:26.92. [57] [58] Nearing her 15th birthday two months later, 14-year-old Han achieved four personal best times at the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, California: a 4:10.56 in the 400 meter freestyle, a 4:42.96 in the 400 meter individual medley, a 8:32.88 in the 800 meter freestyle, and a 2:16.29 in the 200 meter individual medley. [59]

International championships

Meet200 freestyle400 freestyle800 freestyle1500 freestyle200 butterfly400 individual medley
USOC 2021
(age: 13)		6th (b)
(2:04.28)		2nd (b)
(4:15.74)		7th
(8:46.18)		1st (h)
(16:43.02)		5th (b)
(2:16.80)		4th
(4:47.92)
PACJ 2022
(age: 14)		19th
(4:14.17)		9th
(8:35.85)		7th
(16:43.13)		Silver medal icon.svg
(4:43.60)

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeRef
100 m freestyle58.35h2022 Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, California April 1, 202213 [39]
200 m freestyle2:02.172022 Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, California April 2, 202213 [37]
400 m freestyle4:10.562023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California May 18, 202314 [59]
800 m freestyle8:32.882023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California May 20, 202314 [59]
1500 m freestyle16:26.922023 Speedo Sectionals - Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana March 26, 202314 [57]
200 m butterfly2:16.68Road to 2022 Senior Invitational La Mirada, California January 202213 [36]
200 m individual medley2:16.29b2023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California May 20, 202314 [59]
400 m individual medley4:42.962023 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California May 19, 202314 [59]

Legend: h — prelims heat; b – b-final; exb – exhibition

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeRef
100 yd freestyle51.402022 Road to Paris Senior Invitational La Mirada, California January 15, 202314 [60]
200 yd freestyle1:47.932022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 5, 202214 [54]
500 yd freestyle4:39.182022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 4, 202214 [54]
1000 yd freestyle9:41.772022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 3, 202214 [54]
1650 yd freestyle16:05.752022 Winter Junior US National Championships Austin, Texas December 10, 202214 [56]
100 yd butterfly55.382021 CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Huntington Beach, California December 17, 202113 [61]
200 yd individual medley2:00.162021 CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Huntington Beach, California December 17, 202113 [61]
400 yd individual medley4:06.952022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 5, 202214 [54]

National age group records

Long course meters (50 m pool)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeAge GroupRef
1200 m individual medley2:28.702019 Speedo Grand Challenge Irvine, California May 26, 201910 years, 360 days10 & under [5]
2400 m freestyle4:17.652021 CA Speedo Grand Challenge Irvine, California May 28, 202112 years, 362 days11–12 [8] [10]
3400 m individual medley4:50.702021 CA Speedo Grand Challenge Irvine, California May 29, 202112 years, 363 days11–12 [8] [11] [12]
4800 m freestyle8:50.582021 CA Speedo Grand Challenge Irvine, California May 30, 202112 years, 364 days11–12 [8] [9]

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeAge GroupRef
1200 yd individual medley2:13.33Winter Age Group Championships Palm Springs, California December 9, 201810 years, 192 days10 & under [3]
2500 yd freestyle5:13.452019 California MVN Senior Qualifier Mission Viejo, California January 19, 201910 years, 233 days10 & under [4]
3200 yd individual medley (2)2:13.01February 16, 201910 years, 261 days10 & under [2]
4200 yd individual medley (3)2:12.24March 17, 201910 years, 290 days10 & under [2]
5200 yd individual medley (4)2:11.99March 17, 201910 years, 290 days10 & under [2]
6400 yd individual medley4:06.952022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 5, 202214 years, 158 days13–14 [54]

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