Kristin Otto

SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Men’s Swimming Edition)

With the greatest individual Olympic performance in the pool since 2008 who but Leon Marchand with his 4 Gold Medals could be the Male Swimmer of the meet?

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Leon Marchand Becomes Fourth Swimmer In History To Win Four Individual Golds At Single Games

Marchand continues to make history in Paris, joining Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto in winning win four individual golds at one Olympics.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Bob Bowman

Bowman’s swimmers have thrived all year, both collegiately and internationally, and that success has been put on full display at the Paris Olympics.

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Making the US Olympic Team vs. Making the Podium at the Olympics, a Statistical Review

Hali Flickinger occupies a pretty unique space in American swimming history, threading a needle that nobody else has done in at least 40 years.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 69.4% Believe Katie Ledecky Is The Female GOAT

Ledecky’s resume currently includes seven Olympic gold medals, 10 in total, along with 21 World Championship titles, 16 of which are individual.

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Google Says Katie Ledecky’s The Greatest Female Swimmer Of All Time. Is She?

Katie Ledecky is on her fourth Olympics, which is a big milestone. That got me thinking, and then I got lost down a Ledecky rabbit hole.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 47.9% Would Name Women’s Sprint Free Award After Sarah Sjostrom

Sjostrom is the current world record holder in both the 50 and 100 free, but has not won an Olympic gold medal in either race.

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How Difficult Is It To Win Multiple Olympic Gold Medals In Individual Events?

Katie Ledecky “only” needs to win two individual events in Tokyo to move to #2 all-time in individual golds.

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SwimSwam Rewind: 30 Years of NCAA Championship Swimming Evolution

Nearly everything has changed in the sport since 1989, other than the fact that Eddie Reese was winning team titles at Texas.

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Simone Manuel Prima Donna Americana A Vincere 7 Medaglie In Un Solo Mondiale

Simone Manuel è diventata la prima donna nella storia a vincere 7 medaglie in un’unica edizione dei Campionati. Nella classifica generale è seconda.

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Day 7 Finals Preview: Phelps Seeks 5th, Hosszu & Ledecky Eye 4th Golds

Katie Ledecky will look for her second straight 800 free Olympic title tonight.

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Katinka Hosszu Cracks 200 Back National Record Again In Semi-Finals

Katinka Hosszu broke her Hungarian record in the 200 back for the second time today and is now the favorite for gold.

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Hosszu Breaks Hungarian Record En Route To Top Spot In 200 Back Heats

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continues her impressive Olympics, taking the top spot in the women’s 200 back prelims in a new national record.

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The Top 8 Swimming Moments from the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Here are the top 8 moments from the last Olympics of the Cold War era, the 1988 Seoul Games. (Featured Image: Matt Biondi smiles, over two decades later, racing at US Masters Nationals)

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Kristin Otto in der Liste der Top 100 der Olympischen Athleten

Auf NBC Sports  ist eine Liste zu finden mit den „Top 100 Olympischen Athleten“. NBC merkt selber dazu an, dass…

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