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Allison Schmitt

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Allison Schmitt is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. Born in 1990, she is a four-time Olympian and a ten-time Olympic medalist. She won a relay bronze at her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008, then won five medals at the 2012 Games in London, three of them gold, including the 200 metre freestyle in a new Olympic record. In 2016 she won a gold in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay and a silver in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, and she served as captain of the United States Olympic swim team at that Games and again at the 2020 Games, where she added a relay silver and a relay bronze.

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Birth Year
1990 1
Gender
Female 2
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 2
Gold Medals
4 2
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is an American competition swimmer
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1. Allison Schmitt (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    born June 7, 1990
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American competition swimmer
  • Plays: Swimming, Lead, sport
    is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
    In her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Schmitt won a bronze medal as a member of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
    Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a total of five medals, three of them gold
  • Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
    At the 2016 Summer Olympics Schmitt won a gold medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay and a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
  • Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
    At the 2020 Olympics, Schmitt won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, swimming in the prelims of the race
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2. Olympedia: Allison Schmitt
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  • Biographical information
    Sex Female
  • Medals, Olympic Games
    Gold 4
  • Medals, Olympic Games, medals or titles band
    Total 10
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