Katie Grimes: Rising Star of the Virginia Cavaliers

Top Times

World Record: 4×200 SCM Free Relay (7:30.13)

2020 Tokyo Olympics

• 4th place in the 800 Free
• Youngest participant of the US Olympic Team at age 15

2024 Paris Olympics

• Silver Medal: 400 IM
• 10th in the 1500 Free
• 15th in 10K Open Water Swim

2024 World Championships (SCM)

• Gold Medal: 4×200 Free Relay (WR)
• Silver Medal: 400 IM
• Bronze Medal: 800 Free

2024 World Cup – Singapore

• Gold: 400 Free, 800 Free, 400 IM

2023 World Championships (LCM)

• Silver Medal: 400 IM
• Bronze Medal: 10K Open Water
• 8th place in the 1500 Free

2022 World Championships (LCM)

• Silver Medal: 400 IM
• Silver Medal: 1500 Free

AT VIRGINIA

2024-25

• Joining the squad in January

BACKGROUND

• Two-time recipient of the USA Swimming Golden Goggles Award for Fran Crippen Open Water Swimmer of the Year (2023-24)
• 2023 USA Swimming Golden Goggles Award Winner for Female Race of the Year (Bronze at 10K Open Water during World Championships)
• First American athlete to qualify for Paris 2024 after securing third place in the 10km marathon swimming at the 2023 World Championships, narrowly touching out Rio 2016 10km champion Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) by 0.1 seconds and Tokyo 2020 10km champion Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) by 0.2 seconds
• Second woman in history to earn medals in both marathon swimming and pool swimming at the same world championships in 2023 Fukuoka, Japan
• First American female to participate in both pool and open water events in the same Olympic games (Paris 2024)
• Trains with Sandpipers of Nevada