Abbey Weitzeil is a dominant sprinter known for breaking barriers for women in swimming. She is an American Record Holder, and she was the first woman in history to break the 21-second barrier in the 50-yard freestyle.   At the Tokyo Olympics, Abbey brought home a silver and a bronze medal for Team USA, adding to her 2016 Rio Olympic gold and silver medals.  Abbey is proud to promote the message of body positivity and the beauty of fierce female competitors. She is driven by a passion for excellence and a desire to have impact – every time she steps on deck or into the weight room, speaks to the media or a young swimmer, adopts a rescue dog or dives into a creative art project.  With the FINA World Championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics around the corner, Abbey is well-positioned to make more waves.

ABBEY WEITZEIL @abbeyweitzeil

• 4x Olympic Swimming Medalist
• 2x Olympian (2016, 2020)
• 13x World Championship Medalist (Short & Long Course)
• 1st woman in history to break 21 seconds in the 50-yard Freestyle (20.90) in 2019, breaking her own American Record
• American Record Holder– 50 Freestyle, 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 100m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
  • In 2021, Abbey broke her own AR with a time of 23.44, beating the reigning Olympic gold and silver medalists in this event
  • In 2021, Abbey led the women’s 4x50 Freestyle Relay gold medal winning team at the FINA Short Course World Championships
  • In 2020, set the 100m short course meters American Record during Match 10 of ISL
  • In 2019, helped Team USA set an AR at the FINA World Championships
• World Record Holder – Mixed 4x50 Freestyle Relay, 2014 FINA World Championships
• 2023 Champion 50m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo
• 2023 Champion 100m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo
• 2023 Bronze Medalist 50m butterfly, Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo
• 2023 Champion 50m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Westmont
• 2023 Champion 100m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Westmont
• 2023 Bronze Medalist 50m backstroke, Pro Swim Series Westmont
• 2023 Champion 50m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Ft. Lauderdale 
• 2023 Champion 50m butterfly, Pro Swim Series Ft. Lauderdale
• 2023 Champion 100m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Ft. Lauderdale
• 2023 Champion 50m freestyle, Pro Swim Series Knoxville
• 2023 Champion 50m butterfly, Pro Swim Series Knoxville
• 2021 Olympic Silver Medalist, medley relay (split 52.49)
• 2021 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 4x100m freestyle relay (fastest split 52.68)
• 2021 Olympic Finalist, 50m freestyle & 100m freestyle
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion, 100m freestyle
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion, 50m freestyle
• 2021 FINA World Championships Gold Medalist 4x50m Freestyle Relay – American Record
• 2021 50m Freestyle Champion, Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo
• 2021 100m Freestyle Champion, Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo
• Sports Illustrated: Weitzeil’s Olympic Return, March 2020
• 2020 Sullivan Award Finalist
• 2019 FINA Short Course World Championships Gold Medalist Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay
• 2019 FINA Short Course World Championships Silver Medalist Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
• 2019 Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year, titles in the 50, 100 & 200 freestyle events, helped Cal to victories in four relays
• 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist, medley relay
• 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, 400m freestyle relay
• Back-to-back for Weitzeil
• 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim) - giving the Americans their tenth gold medal in this event, thousandth overall in Summer Olympic history
• 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, 4x100m Freestyle Relay (fastest split 52.56), American Record
• Member of ISL Team LA Current
• Rescue dogs Weylin & Jax, adopted from Hearts for Paws
• Enjoys restoring vintage furniture @aw_refurbished
• Earned a degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley

(Photos courtesy of Speedo & Bex Wyant)