Name: Olivia Smoliga
Sport: Swimming
Event(s): 4x100-meter Freestyle Relay
Height: 6-2
DOB: 10/12/1994
Birthplace: Phoenix, Ariz.
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
High School: Glenbrook South High School (Glenview, Ill.) ‘12
College: University of Georgia ’17, Exercise and Sport Science
Team/Club: Athens Bulldog Swim Club
Coach(es): Brian Smith
Olympic Experience
- Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020); two-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (4x100-meter freestyle relay)
- Olympic Games Rio 2016, gold (4x100 medley), 6th (100 backstroke)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – gold (50 backstroke, 4x100 medley), bronze (100 backstroke)
- Years of participation: Long-course – 2017, 2019; Short-Course – 2012, 2018
- Medals: 4 (3 golds, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2019 (50m BK, 4x100 Med-R); 2017 (4x100m FR-R)
- Bronze – 2019 (100m BK)
Personal:
Daughter of Elizabeth and Tom Smoliga...Named 2013 Swimming World Magazine Female High School Swimmer of the Year....Hobbies include cooking, sleeping, and Wii sports.
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