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Kathleen Baker (born February 28, 1997) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and backstroke events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay and a silver medal in the individual 100-meter backstroke. She is the former world-record holder in 100 meter backstroke, set on July 28, 2018 in 58.00 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, CA. Baker is also the former world-record holder in the 4x100 meter medley relay with Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, and Simone Manuel.

Kathleen Baker

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Thleen, ThleenBean, Little Bean [1]
National team	United States
Born	(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 25) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	149 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, Freestyle
Club	SwimMAC Carolina
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2017 Budapest 100 m backstroke 2017 Budapest 200 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley 2018 Hangzhou 200 m backstroke 2018 Hangzhou 200 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Tokyo 200 m backstroke 2018 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 2018 Tokyo 100 m backstroke 2018 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley

Early life

Baker attended Forsyth Country Day School until the tenth grade and then was home-schooled, so it would be easy to travel back and forth between Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina to swim and train with SwimMAC Carolina. Her mother swam for the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, and her older sister, Rachel, currently swims for Washington and Lee University.[2][3]

In 2010, Baker was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.[4]

Career

College swimming

Baker attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she competed for the California Golden Bears swimming and diving team for three years from 2015 to 2018.[5]

2014-2015

At the 2014 Phillips 66 Nationals, the qualification meet for the 2014 Pan Pacifics, Baker finished second in the 200-meter backstroke and qualified for the team. She finished ninth in the 200-meter backstroke at Pan Pacifics, just outside the final.

Baker was also selected to the 2015 World Championships roster in the 100-meter backstroke. She placed eighth in the final of the 100-meter backstroke. She also swam in the prelims for the 4x100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal as the final squad finished fourth.[6]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Olympic Trials, Baker qualified for her first Olympics in the 100-meter backstroke by finishing second with a time of 59.29.

In Rio, she won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 58.75, three tenths behind the winner Katinka Hosszú. She was not considered by many to be a medal threat since she had never broken 59 seconds prior to the Olympics.[7] Baker also won a gold medal alongside Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, and Simone Manuel as the lead off of the 4x100-meter medley relay.

2017

2017 World Championships
	4×100 m medley	3:51.55 (WR)
	100 m backstroke	58.58
	200 m backstroke	2:06.48

At the 2017 World Championships, Baker won three medals. She won silver in the 100-meter backstroke,[8] bronze in the 200-meter backstroke,[9] and gold in the 4x100-meter medley relay.[10] Though she did not medal in the 50-meter backstroke, Baker broke Natalie Coughlin's American record in the event in the semifinals with a time of 27.48.[11] Baker led off the women's 4x100-meter medley relay, with the team winning with a time of 3:51.55. The team of Baker, Lilly King, Kelsi Worrell, and Simone Manuel broke the 2012 world record of 3:52.05 set by Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, and Allison Schmitt.[12][13]

Personal life

In July 2021, Baker announced on her engagement to her long-time boyfriend and United States Marine, Sean Dowling.[14][15]

See also

• List of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease

References

External links

• Kathleen Baker at USA Swimming
• Kathleen Baker at FINA (archived)
• Kathleen Baker at TeamUSA.org
• Kathleen Baker at Olympics.com
• Kathleen Baker at Olympedia
• Kathleen Baker at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Kylie Masse	Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 28 July 2018 – 28 July 2019	Succeeded by Regan Smith

На других языках

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[de] Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Baker (* 28. Februar 1997 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) ist eine amerikanische Schwimmsportlerin.

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- [en] Kathleen Baker

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[es] Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Somers Baker (Winston-Salem, 28 de febrero de 1997) es una deportista estadounidense que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo espalda.[1]

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[it] Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Baker (Winston-Salem, 28 febbraio 1997) è una nuotatrice statunitense, vincitrice della medaglia d'argento nei 100 metri dorso alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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[ru] Бейкер, Кэйтлин

Кэйтлин Бейкер (англ. Kathleen Baker; род. 28 февраля 1997, Уинстон-Сейлем) — американская пловчиха, специализирующийся на плавании вольным стилем и на спине. На летних Олимпийских играх 2016 года выиграла золотую медаль в комбинированной эстафете 4×100 метров и серебряную на дистанции 100 метров на спине. Кэйтлин владела мировым рекордом в плавании на 100 метров на спине, действовавшим с 28 июля 2018 года по 28 июля 2019 года (58,00), а также в эстафете 4×100 метров с Лилли Кинг, Келси Уоррелл и Симоной Мануэль.

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