Meet All 53 Members of the Tokyo Olympics' U.S. Swimming Team

With just weeks remaining until the 2020 Olympics, it's time to study up on the swimmers vying for gold medal glory. Get to know all 53 athletes (and 11 teenagers!) competing in Tokyo.

By McKenna Aiello Jul 03, 2021 1:00 PMTags
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Next stop: Tokyo!

In just a few weeks, the 2020 Olympics will introduce the next generation of great American swimmers. While the 53 athletes selected to compete on Team USA is comprised of a hefty handful of Olympic vets, the majority are newcomers—and 11 are still only teenagers!

Following Michael Phelps' retirement, all eyes were on Ryan Lochte and Nathan Adrian to continue the United States' Rio 2016 winning streak. But when they failed to make the cut at last month's Olympic trials, swimmers like Caeleb DresselSimone ManuelRyan MurphyAllison Schmitt and Katie Ledecky emerged to carry the torch. 

And speaking of five-time gold medalist Ledecky, she's found herself a protégé of sorts in Katie Grimes. At only 15 years old, Grimes is the youngest member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic swim team, the same age Ledecky was when she won her first medal at the London 2012 Games.

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Get to know every single swimmer with their sights set on the medal podium in our jam-packed gallery below!

Caeleb Dressel

Age: 24

Hometown: Green Cove Springs, Florida

Events: 50 meter freestyle; 100 meter freestyle; 100 meter butterfly

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; two gold medals

Simone Manuel

Age: 24

Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas

Events: 50 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; two gold, two silver medals

Tom Shields

Age: 29

Hometown: Huntington Beach, California

Events: 100 meter butterfly

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; one gold medal

Katie Ledecky

Age: 24

Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland

Events: 200 meter freestyle; 400 meter freestyle; 800 meter freestyle; 1,500 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: London 2012; one gold medal; Rio 2016; 4 gold, one silver medal

Bobby Finke

Age: 21

Hometown: Clearwater, Florida

Events: 800 meter freestyle; 1,500 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Katie Grimes

Age: 15

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada 

Events: 800 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Ryan Murphy

Age: 25

Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida

Events: 100 meter backstroke; 200 meter backstroke

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; three gold medals

Emma Weyant

Age: 19

Hometown: Sarasota, Florida

Events: 400 meter individual medley 

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Townley Haas

Age: 24

Hometown: Richmond, Virginia

Events: 200 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; one gold medal

Allison Schmitt

Age: 31

Hometown: Canton, Michigan

Events: 200 meter freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Beijing 2008; one bronze medal, London 2012; three gold, one silver, one bronze medal, Rio 2016; one gold, one silver medal

Andrew Seliskar

Age: 24

Hometown: McLean, Virginia

Events: 4x200 freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Ashley Twichell

Age: 32

Hometown: Fayetteville, New York 

Events: 10 kilometer open water swim

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Drew Kibler

Age: 21

Hometown: Carmel, Indiana

Events: 4x200 freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Lydia Jacoby

Age: 17

Hometown: Seward, Alaska

Events: 100 meter breastroke

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Jake Mitchell

Age: 19

Hometown: Carmel, Indiana

Events: 400 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Bella Sims

Age: 16

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

Events: 4x200 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Kieran Smith

Age: 21

Hometown: Ridgefield, Connecticut

Events: 200 meter freestyle; 400 meter freestyle 

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Paige Madden

Age: 22

Hometown: Mobile, Alabama

Events: 400 meter freestyle; 4x200 freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Bowe Becker

Age: 23

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

Events: 4x100 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Brooke Forde

Age: 22

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

Events: 4x200 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Patrick Callan

Age: 21

Hometown: Owasso, Oklahoma

Events: 4x200 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Erica Sullivan

Age: 20

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

Events: 1,500 meter freestyle

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Michael Andrew

Age: 22

Hometown: Encinitas, California

Events: 50 meter freestyle; 100 meter breastroke; 200 meter individual medley

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Catie Deloof

Age: 24

Hometown: Grosse Point, Michigan

Events: 4x100 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Jordan Wilimovsky

Age: 27

Hometown: Malibu, California

Events: 10 kilometer open water event

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; no medals

Regan Smith

Age: 19

Hometown: Lakeville, Minnesota 

Events: 100 meter backstroke; 200 meter butterfly

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Jay Litherland

Age: 25

Hometown: Alpharetta, Georgia

Events: 400 meter individual medley

Prior Olympic Victories: Rio 2016; no medals

Natalie Hinds

Age: 27

Hometown: Midland, Texas

Events: 4x100 meter freestyle relay

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Andrew Wilson

Age: 27

Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland

Events: 100 meter breastroke; 200 meter breastroke

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

Hunter Armstrong

Age: 20

Hometown: Dover, Ohio

Events: 100 meter backstroke

Prior Olympic Victories: Rookie

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