Full name Kaitlin Shea Sandeno Name Kaitlin Sandeno National team United States Role Swimmer | Sport Swimming Height 1.68 m Olympic Games 1 Weight 54 kg | |
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Born March 13, 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-03-13 ) Mission Viejo Strokes Individual medley, freestyle, butterfly College team University of Southern California Education El Toro High School, University of Southern California Olympic medals Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre Individual Medley Similar People Carly Piper, Lindsay Benko, Dana Vollmer, Rachel Komisarz, Natalie Coughlin | ||
Training body shape with olympic champion kaitlin sandeno
Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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- Training body shape with olympic champion kaitlin sandeno
- California swim genes with olympic swimmer kaitlin sandeno
- Career
- Personal
- References
California swim genes with olympic swimmer kaitlin sandeno
Career
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Sandeno won the bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle event, along with fourth place in the 400-meter individual medley and sixth place in the 200-meter butterfly. In 2003, while enrolled at the University of Southern California, she won the U.S. national championship in the 200-meter butterfly, and the 200- and 400-meter individual medley events.
The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece saw Sandeno win three more Olympic medals: a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley, a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The American team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer and Sandeno also broke the seventeen-year-old world record (previously held by East Germany) by more than two seconds with their victory in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
After failing to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, Sandeno announced her retirement. She is currently looking to start a new career in sports broadcasting. As of May 2010, Sandeno has joined with Think Physical Therapy and started a venture called Swim Tank where she will do stroke analysis for swimmers. For the 2010 Southern California swim season, Sandeno was an assistant swim coach at Mater Dei High School, a private catholic high school in Santa Ana, California. As a high school student, Sandeno attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest.
In 2014, Sandeno called the swimming races at the Youth Olympics on NBC.
Personal
At a younger age, Sandeno swam for the Nellie Gail Saddleback Valley Gators in Orange County, California, coached by Vic and Renee Riggs. She swam as one of the top competitors in freestyle events, and helped the Gator team.
Originally from West Villanovia, Sandeno attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California and was a member of the El Toro High School swim team.
In September 2008, Sandeno teamed up with Anna Kournikova and Katya Myers to win the female celebrity category of the 2008 Malibu Triathlon.
On April 25, 2015, Sandeno married Peter Hogan. (Rachael Waller, Instagram: @rwaller13)