Caitlin Leverenz

Caitlin Leverenz

Personal information
National team	United States
Born	February 26, 1991 (age 24) Tucson, Arizona
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, individual medley
Club	California Aquatics
College team	University of California, Berkeley

Caitlin Leverenz (born February 26, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and medleyevents. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and won the bronze medal in the 200-meter individual medley events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Early years

Leverenz was born in Tucson, Arizona. She attended Sahuaro High School in Tucson, and was a member of the Sahauro Cougars high school swim team and was one of the top college swimming recruits in the nation as a high school senior. She also trained with and swam for the El Dorado Aquatics Club in Tucson.

College career

Leverenz received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she currently swims for coach Teri McKeever's California Golden Bears swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. At the NCAA national championships in 2011, she swam the breaststroke legs for the Golden Bears' winning relay teams in the 4x50-yard and 4x100-yard medley relay events; the Bears set a new American and NCAA record time of 1:35.03 in the 4x50 medley. At the 2012 NCAA national championships, she again was a member of the Bears' winning 4x50-yard and 4x100-yard medley relay teams, as well as winning individual national championships in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke events. She has been a key contributor to the Golden Bears winning two of the last three NCAA national team championships, and will be a senior during the 2012–13 school year. She was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of 2011–12.

International career

Leverenz represented the United States in Brazil for World Youth Championships, and in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. She won the gold medal and broke the meet record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2007 Pan American Games.  At the United States Swimming National Championships in 2007, she won the U.S. championship in the 400-meter individual medley.

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, she placed fourth in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. She also finished third in the 200-meter breaststroke, just missing out on making the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team

2012 Summer Olympic Games

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Leverenz made the U.S. Olympic team by finishing first in the 200-meter individual medley and second in the 400-meter individual medley. Leverenz also competed in the 200-meter breaststroke, but finished in eighth place in the final.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won her first Olympic medal, a bronze, in the finals of the 200-meter individual medley. She also competed in the 400-meter individual medley, and tied for sixth in the finals.

Medal Record

Woman's Swimming

Competitor for the United States

Olympic Games

Bronze: 2012 London - 200 m medley

Pan Pacific Championships

Bronze: 2010 Irvine - 200 m medley

Bronze: 2010 Irvine - 400 m medley

Bronze: 2014 Gold Coast - 200 m medley

Pan American Games

Gold: 2007 Rio - 200 m breaststroke

Gold: 2015 Toronto - 200 m medley

Gold: 2015 Toronto - 400 m medley