Katie Grimes
World Record: 4×200 SCM Free Relay (7:30.13)
2024 Paris Olympics
- Silver: 400 IM
- 10th in 1500 Free
- 15th in 10K Open Water Swim
2020 Tokyo Olympics
- 4th in the 800 Free
- Youngest member of the US Olympic Team at 15 years old
2024 World Championships (SCM)
- Gold: 4×200 Free Relay (WR)
- Silver: 400 IM
- Bronze: 800 Free
2024 World Cup – Singapore
- Gold: 400 Free, 800 Free, 400 IM
2023 World Championships (LCM)
- Silver: 400 IM
- Bronze: 10K Open Water
- 8th 1500 Free
2022 World Championships (LCM)
- Silver: 400 IM
- Silver: 1500 Free
ACC Champion (2)
2025: 500 Free, 400 IM
All-ACC (2)
2025: 500 Free, 400 IM
AT VIRGINIA
2024-25
- Joined the team in January
- Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 500 Free, 1650 Free, and 400 IM
- ACC Champion in the 500 Free (4:32.69), winning a title in her first career ACC Championship event, second fastest time in UVA history
- ACC Champion in the 400 IM (3:59.69), her second title in as many events
- Fifth in the 200 Fly at the ACC Championships (1:53.63)
- In her very first collegiate swim, set a pool record in the 200 Fly (1:53.23), the fourth-fastest time in the NCAA at the time and coming in at No. 6 on the UVA all-time list. She also won the 200 Back (1:51.56) in a time that ranks 9th on the UVA all-time list. She also won the 200 IM (1:55.62)
- Named the ACC Swimmer of the Week for her debut performance against Virginia Tech (1/14)
- Won the 400 IM with a time of 3:59.02 at the Eddie Reese Texas Showdown, ranking second on the UVA all-time list
- Posted a 4:33.05 in her first time competing collegiately in the 500 Free, ranking third on the UVA all-time list
- Set a pool record in her first collegiate swim of the 1650 Free (15:53.40), ranking third on the UVA all-time list. Her 1000 split (9:37.03) also ranks third on the UVA all-time list
BACKGROUND
- Two-time USA Swimming Golden Goggles Award for Fran Crippen Open Water Swimmer of the Year (2023-24)
- 2023 USA Swimming Golden Goggles Award for Female Race of the Year (Bronze at 10K Open Water at World Championships)
- First US athlete to qualify for Paris 2024 after a third-place finish in the 10km marathon swimming at the 2023 World Championships, out-touching Rio 2016 10km champion Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) by 0.1 seconds and Tokyo 2020 10km champion Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) by 0.2
- Second female in history to win a medal in marathon swimming and pool swimming at the same world championships in 2023 Fukuoka, Japan
- First American woman to compete in the pool and open water in the same Olympic games (Paris 2024)
- Trains at Sandpipers of Nevada