Katie Meili

Katie Meili

Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	April 16, 1991[1] Carrollton, Texas[2]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Weight	132 lb (60 kg)[2]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, freestyle, individual medley
Club	SwimMAC Carolina[3]
College team	Columbia University[4]
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 100 m breaststroke 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley 2015 Toronto 4×100 m freestyle

Katie Meili (born April 16, 1991) is an American competition swimmer. At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[5] In the heats she broke the Games record with a time of 1:05.64.^[6]

In 2014 she won the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley events at the short-course winter national championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.^[3] At the 2015 US Nationals in San Antonio, Texas, she won her first long-course national title, in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[7]

At the Duel in the Pool meeting in December 2015, Meili broke the world record in the 4×100 meter medley relay (short course) together with her teammates Courtney Bartholomew, Kelsi Worrell, and Simone Manuel.^[8]

References

1. "National Team Bios – Katie Meili". USA Swimming. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. "Katie Meili Swimming". Team USA. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
3. "Katie Meili Gets Second National Title With 100 Free Win At USA Swimming Nationals". Swimming World. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
4. Murtishaw, Charlotte (May 20, 2013). "Senior profile: Katie Meili, CC". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. Bowmile, Mitch (July 20, 2015). "Katie Meili – That was one out of my dreams". Swimswam. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
6. Clark, Christian (August 5, 2015). "Colleyville swimmer sets sights on Olympics". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
7. "Video Interview: Katie Meili Wins First National Title". Swimming World. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
8. Lohn, John (December 12, 2015). "Duel in the Pool: Team USA goes on record assault to secure 74-48 advantage". Swimvortex. Retrieved December 13, 2015.