Kate Ziegler

Kate Ziegler is an American competition swimmer who specialises in freestyle and long-distance events. Born on 27 June 1988 in Fairfax, Virginia, she rose through a local club team and a Washington Post All-Met school career in Arlington, where she broke the American record in the 500-yard freestyle that Janet Evans had held. She became one of the leading distance swimmers of her generation, winning the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, and has fifteen medals in major international competition, eight of them gold, spanning the World Aquatics Championships and the Pan Pacific Championships. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team and swam the 800-meter freestyle at those Games.