Gretchen Walsh

Olympian // Record Holder // World Champion // NCAA Champion

SPORT

Swimming

HOMETOWN

Nashville, Tennessee

CURRENT RESIDENCE

Charlottesville, Virginia

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ABOUT Gretchen

Made history with her sister Alex as the first NCAA athletes ever to produce an apparel line with a major retailer, SwimOutlet.com
Senior at the University of Virginia studying Accounting and Finance
Became the youngest swimmer to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials at 13 years old
Awarded ACC Swimmer of the Year in 2024

HIGHLIGHTS

2024 Olympic Qualifier
2020 Olympic Trials Finalist, placed 5th overall
Three-time World Championship medalist (2023: gold, 100 medley relay; silver, 100 free relay; bronze, 50 fly)
World Champion (2023: 100 medley relay)
Eighteen-time NCAA Champion for Virginia
(2024: 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay; 2023: 100 free, 100 back, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay)
Twenty one-time All-American
(2024: 200 medley relay, 50 free, 200 free Relay, 100 fly, 400 medley relay, 100 free, 400 free relay; 2023: 50 free, 100 back, 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay)
Sixteen-time ACC Champion
(2024: 400 free relay, 100 free, 100 fly, 400 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 50 free; 2023: 50 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay)
Contributed to NCAA record in the 400 medley relay (3:21.01)
Set American and NCAA records in the 50 free (20.37), 100 free (44.83), 100 fly (47.42), and 100 back (48.10)
Contributed to American records in the 400 medley relay (3:22.34), 200 medley relay (1:31.73), 200 free relay (1:23.63), and 400 free relay (3:05.84)
World Record Holder in the 100 fly (55.18)
First woman to ever break the 48 sec mark in the 100 fly
First women to ever break the 45 sec mark in the 100 free
First women to ever break the 20 sec mark in the 50 free
Recorded the fastest split in 100 free relay history (45.18) and 200 medley relay history (fly, 21.50)
Six-time Junior World Champion
(2019: gold, 50 free, 100 free, 100 free relay, 100 medley relay, 100 mixed free relay, 100 mixed medley relay)