Katie Meili

Catherine Michelle "Katie" Meili (born April 16, 1991) is a former American competitive swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter breaststroke and a gold medal for swimming the preliminary heats of the 4 × 100-meter medley relay. In 2020, Meili joined USA Swimming Board of Directors for a four-year term as their Athlete Representative.

Katie Meili

Personal information
Full name	Catherine Michelle Meili
Nickname	Katie
National team	United States
Born	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 34)[1] Carrollton, Texas, U.S.[2]
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[2]
Weight	135 lb (61 kg)[2]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, freestyle, individual medley
Club	SwimMAC Carolina[3]
College team	Columbia University[4]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Olympics 1 0 1 World Championships 1 1 1 World Championships (SC) 3 1 0 Pan American Games 2 1 0 Total 7 3 2 Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2017 Budapest 100 m breaststroke 2017 Budapest 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed medley 2018 Hangzhou 100 m breaststroke Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 100 m breaststroke 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley 2015 Toronto 4×100 m freestyle

Personal life

Meili was born in Carrollton, Texas, and her hometown is Colleyville, Texas.^[2] She graduated from Nolan Catholic High School in 2009 and Columbia University in 2013. As of 2019 she attends Georgetown Law School and is an assistant coach for their swim team. On July 8, 2019 she officially announced her retirement from competitive swimming.^[5]

Career

2014-2015

In 2014, Meili won the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley events at the short-course winter national championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.^[3] At the 2015 US Nationals in San Antonio, Texas, she won her first long-course national title, in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[6] At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[7] In the heats she broke the Pan Am Games record with a time of 1:05.64.^[8] At the Duel in the Pool meet in December 2015, she broke the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course) together with her teammates Courtney Bartholomew, Kelsi Worrell, and Simone Manuel.^[9]

2016 Summer Olympics

See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

In 2016, Meili placed second in the 100-meter breaststroke at the US Olympic Trials and qualified for the US Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the Olympics, she touched third in the 100-meter breaststroke behind Lilly King and Yuliya Yefimova, earning her the bronze medal. She also swam the breaststroke leg of the 4 × 100-meter medley relay in the preliminary heats, splitting a quick 1:04.93, to help the US qualify for the final.^[10] She earned a gold medal when the US team won in the finals.

2017 World Championships

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Meili won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:05.03, two-hundredths of a second ahead of third-place finisher Yefimova.^[11] She swam the breaststroke leg of the Women's 4x100-meter medley relay in the prelims, earning a gold medal when the US team won in the finals.^[12]

Personal best times

Event	Time	Location	Date	Notes
50 m breaststroke	29.99	Budapest	July 30, 2017
100 m breaststroke	1:05.03	Budapest	July 25, 2017
200 m breaststroke	2:23.69	Austin	January 15, 2016

USA swimming

In 2020, Meili joined USA Swimming Board of Directors for a four-year term as their Athlete Representative.^[13]