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Natalie Hinds is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle and butterfly events. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, swimming in both the prelims and the final. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, swimming the anchor leg of the relay in the prelims, and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the preliminaries. At the 2022 US National Championships, she won the national title in the 100 meter freestyle.

Natalie Hinds
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1993-12-07) December 7, 1993 (age 28)[1]
Midland, Texas, USA[2]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight76.2 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubCali Condors[1]
Gator Swim Club (2022–present)[3][4]
Athens Bulldog Swim Club (2018–2021)[2]
College teamUniversity of Florida
CoachAnthony Nesty[5]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships (LC) 1 0 1
Total 1 0 2
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2022 Budapest4×100 m medley
2022 Budapest4×100 m freestyle

Background


Hinds learned to swim early in life from her mom, who was a competitive swimmer.[6] She is a graduate of Midland High School.[7] In college Hinds majored in Communication for her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida.[6] She graduated with her degree in 2016.[2]

After a break from swimming, Hinds trained with the Athens Bulldog Swim Club following her return to swimming in 2018 and through winning a medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] In 2022, Hinds announced her return to Florida to train as part of the postgrad group at the University of Florida.[3][4]


Career



2012–2018



2012 US Olympic Trials

Hinds competed at her first US Olympic Team Trials in swimming in 2012 where she ranked 47th in the 100-meter butterfly and did not advance to the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8][9]


2015

In 2015 Hinds gained recognition from NBC, USA Swimming, and SwimSwam alongside Simone Manuel and Lia Neal for being the first trio of African-American swimmers at a Women's Division 1 NCAA Championship to sweep the podium, take first, second, and third place, in a single event.[10][11]


2016 US Olympic Trials

At the 2016 US Olympic Trials in swimming, Hinds ranked 40th in the 100-meter freestyle, 55th in the 50-meter freestyle, and 70th in the 100-meter butterfly and did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]


2016–2018: Taking a break from swimming

In 2016 Hinds decided to take a break from swimming, transitioning to app development as part of her job at Turner Broadcasting based in Atlanta, Georgia.[8][6] She returned to competitive swimming after being inspired by the 2018 USA National Championships.[6]


2020–2021


For the 2020—2021 time span, Hinds signed a professional endorsement deal with the United States division of swimwear company Arena.[13]


2020 US Olympic Trials

In the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle at the 2020 US Olympic Trials in swimming, Hinds tied her training partner Olivia Smoliga for first place.[14] Both Hinds and Olivia Smoliga touched in at 53.55 seconds in the first of two semifinals heats.[15] In the final Hinds ranked fourth, qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[16]

In her other events, Hinds ranked 11th in the 100-meter butterfly semifinals with a time of 58.40 and ranked 11th in the 50-meter freestyle swimming a 25.14 in the semifinals.[17]


2020 Summer Olympics

See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:32.81

The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan were the first Olympic Games Hinds qualified to compete in.[8] Hinds swam in both the prelims and the final of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.[18][19] In the prelims, Hinds and her prelims relay teammates Olivia Smoliga, Catie DeLoof, and Allison Schmitt placed fifth overall and qualified the relay to swim in the final.[20] Of the swimmers on her prelims relay, Hinds had the fastest individual time with a split of 53.28 seconds.[21] She and her finals relay teammates Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, and Erika Brown swam a 3:32.81 and earned the bronze medal in the final.[19][22] Hinds and Kieran Smith were the first two University of Florida Gators to win a medal at the 2020 Olympics.[22]


International Swimming League

In 2021, Hinds was chosen to compete for team Cali Condors in the 2021 International Swimming League.[23] By the end of the 2021 season, Hinds had earned a total of 225 Most Valuable Player points over the 16 matches she had competed in since the debut of the International Swimming League in 2019, ranking her as 83rd out of 488 competitors in the history of the league in terms of total Most Valuable Player points earned.[24]


2022


On day two of the 2022 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Illinois in early March, Hinds placed fourth in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 54.74 seconds.[25] For the third day, she placed fifth in the final of the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 58.73 seconds, and on the fourth day she finished sixth in the final of the 50 meter freestyle with a 25.29 after swimming a 25.23 in the prelims heats.[26]


Pro Swim Series – San Antonio

At the end of March, Hinds started competition at the 2022 Pro Swim Series stop held at Northside Swim Center in San Antonio, Texas by qualifying for the final of the 100 meter butterfly on day two with a 59.85 that ranked her eighth overall in the prelims heats.[27] In the final, she placed sixth with a 59.37.[28] In the morning prelims heats the next day, she swam a 25.39 to qualify for the final ranking third, 0.35 seconds behind first-ranked Claire Curzan and 0.04 seconds behind second-ranked Erika Brown.[29] She placed fifth in the final with a time of 25.29 seconds.[30] For the prelims heats of the 100 meter freestyle on day four, she qualified for the final ranking fourth with a time of 54.73 seconds.[31] With a time of 54.30 seconds in the final, she placed third.[32]


2022 International Team Trials

In her first event of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in April, the 100 meter freestyle on day one, Hinds ranked first in the prelims heats with a time of 53.77 seconds, qualifying for the final later the same day.[33] She lowered her time to a 53.65 in the final to place fourth.[34] On the second day, she ranked sixth and qualified for the final of the 50 meter butterfly with a personal best time of 26.07 seconds in the prelims heats.[35] She swam a 26.18 in the final, finishing in sixth-place.[36] The third day, she qualified for the final of the 100 meter butterfly, ranking sixth in the prelims heats with a time of 58.66 seconds.[37] In the final, she swam a 58.45 to place seventh.[38] On the final day, she qualified for the final of the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 25.16 in the prelims heats, which ranked her seventh across all prelims heats.[39] For the final of the event, she finished less than half a second behind the first-place finisher to place seventh in a personal best time of 24.97 seconds.[40] Her fourth-place finish in the 100 meter freestyle earned her a spot on the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay.[41][42]


2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 World Championships
4×100 m medley 3:53.78 (h)
4×100 m freestyle 3:32.58 (h)

A week before the start of pool swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Hinds was named as one of five captains for the swim team selected by USA Swimming.[43] In the preliminaries of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay on June 18, she split a time of 53.89 seconds for the anchor leg of the relay to help advance the relay to the final ranking second.[44] For the final, Claire Curzan substituted in and Hinds out for the anchor leg, and Hinds won a bronze medal for her efforts when the finals relay finished third with a time of 3:32.58.[45] Swimming the butterfly leg of the 4×100 meter medley relay in the preliminaries, she split a 58.88 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking seventh.[46] She won a gold medal for her efforts in the prelims when the finals relay, on which Torri Huske substituted in for her, placed first in 3:53.78.[47]


2022 National Championships

At the 2022 US National Swimming Championships, held in July in Irvine, California, Hinds won the national title and gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 53.53 seconds, finishing over three-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Gretchen Walsh.[48]


International championships (50 m)


Meet 4×100 freestyle relay 4×100 medley relay
OG 2020
WC 2022[a][a]
a Hinds swam only in the prelims heats.

Career best times



Long course meters (50 m pool)


Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m freestyle 24.97 2022 US International Team Trials Greensboro, North Carolina April 30, 2022 [40]
100 m freestyle 53.53 2022 US National Championships Irvine, California July 26, 2022 [48]
200 m freestyle 1:59.82 b 2022 US National Championships Irvine, California July 27, 2022 [49]
50 m butterfly 26.07 h 2022 US International Team Trials Greensboro, North Carolina April 27, 2022 [35]
100 m butterfly 58.40 sf 2020 US Olympic Trials Omaha, Nebraska June 13, 2021 [17]

Legend: h – prelims heat; sf – semifinal; b – B final


Short course meters (25 m pool)


Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m freestyle 24.71 2020 International Swimming League Budapest, Hungary November 5, 2020 [50]
100 m freestyle 52.01 2019 International Swimming League Las Vegas December 21, 2019 [51]
50 m butterfly 25.91 2019 International Swimming League Las Vegas December 21, 2019 [51]
100 m butterfly 57.01 2019 International Swimming League Las Vegas December 20, 2019 [51]

See also



References


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На других языках

- [en] Natalie Hinds

[es] Natalie Hinds

Natalie Hinds (7 de diciembre de 1993) es una deportista estadounidense que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo libre. Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, obteniendo una medalla de bronce en la prueba de 4×100 m libre.[1][2]

[it] Natalie Hinds

Natalie Hinds (Midland, 7 dicembre 1993) è una nuotatrice statunitense, specialista dei 50 e 100 metri stile libero.


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