Alex Walsh

Olympian // World Champion // Entrepreneur

SPORT

Swimming

HOMETOWN

Nashville, Tennessee

CURRENT RESIDENCE

Charlottesville, Virginia

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ABOUT ALEX

Made history with her sister Gretchen as the first NCAA athletes ever to produce an apparel line with a major retailer, SwimOutlet.com
Graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Computer Science in 2024
Enjoys baking and yoga

HIGHLIGHTS

2020 Olympian
2020 Olympic silver medalist (200 IM)
Ten-time World Championships medalist (6 golds, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
- (2023: silver, 200 IM; 2022: gold, 200 IM, 200 free relay, 100 medley relay, 50 free relay, 100 medley relay (SC), 50 mixed medley relay; silver, 200 IM (SC), 50 medley relay; bronze, 200 free relay (SC))
Six-time World Champion
- (2022: 200 IM, 100 medley relay, 200 free relay, 100 medley relay (SC), 50 free relay (SC), 50 mixed medley relay (SC))
Nineteen-time NCAA Champion for Virginia
- (2024: 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay; 2023: 400 IM, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay; 2021: 200 IM, 800 free relay)
Twenty six-time ACC Champion
- (2024: 400 free relay, 200 breast, 400 medley relay, 200 fly, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 200 IM; 2023: 200 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 200 IM, 200 free, 200 breast, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay; 2021: 200 IM, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay)
Most wins in ACC history
Twenty seven-time All-American
- (2024: 200 IM, 200 free relay, 400 IM, 400 medley relay, 200 breast, 400 free relay, 800 free relay; 2023: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay; 2022: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay; 2021: 200 IM, 200 breast, 200 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay)
Second best performance in 200 breast of all time
Contributed to American records in the 400 medley relay (3:22.34), 200 medley relay (1:31.73), 200 free relay (1:23.87), and 400 free relay (3:05.84)
Set NCAA record in 200 fly (1:49.16), and contributed to NCAA record in 200 free relay (1:23.63) and 400 medley relay (3:32.01)
Two-time Junior World Championships medalist
- (2017: silver, 100 free relay; silver, 100 medley relay)