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Katie Grimes

IM/Free/Distance
Position
Freshman
Class
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hometown
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Katie Grimes - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

Top Times

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

AT VIRGINIA

2024-25

  • Joined the team in January
  • 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

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