Kaitlin Sandeno

Kaitlin Sandeno

Personal information
Full name	Kaitlin Shea Sandeno
Nationality	United States
Born	March 13, 1983 (1983-03-13) Mission Viejo, California
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Individual Medley, Freestyle, Butterfly
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 4x200 m freestyle Silver 2004 Athens 400 m medley Bronze 2000 Sydney 800 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2005 Montreal 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 2005 Montreal 400 m medley Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 800 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2004 Indianapolis 400 m freestyle Gold 2004 Indianapolis 200 m butterfly Gold 2004 Indianapolis 400 m medley Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x200 m freestyle Silver 2006 Shanghai 200 m medley Bronze 2006 Shanghai 4x200 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg 400 m freestyle Gold 1999 Winnipeg 800 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 2007 Bangkok 200 m medley Gold 2007 Bangkok 4x200 m freestyle

Kaitlin Sandeno (born March 13, 1983 in Mission Viejo, California) is a retired American swimmer, and was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Sandeno won the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle event, along with 4th place in the 400 m individual medley (IM) and 6th place in the 200 m butterfly. In 2003, while enrolled at the University of Southern California, she won the US national championship in the 200m butterfly, 200 m IM, and 400 m IM events.

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece saw Sandeno win three more Olympic medals: a silver medal in the 400 m IM, a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle, and a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay. The American team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Sandeno also broke the seventeen-year-old world record (previously held by East Germany) by more than two seconds with their victory in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.

After failing to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, Sandeno announced her retirement. She is currently looking to start a new career in sports broadcasting. As of May 2010, Sandeno has joined with Think Physical Therapy and started a venture called Swim Tank where she will do stroke analysis for swimmers. For the 2010 Southern California Swim Season, Sandeno was an assistant swim coach at Mater Dei High School, a private catholic high school in Santa Ana, California. As a high school student, Sadeno attended a public high school in Lake Forest.

Personal

At a younger age, Sandeno swam for the Nellie Gail Saddleback Valley Gators in Orange County, California, coached by Vic and Renee Riggs. She swam as one of the top competitors in freestyle events, and helped the Gator team.

Sandeno attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, CA and was on the El Toro High School Swim Team.

In September, 2008, Sandeno teamed up with Anna Kournikova and Katya Myers to win the female celebrity category of the 2008 Malibu Triathlon.

See also

• Pan American Games records in swimming

External links

• Kaitlin Sandeno Official Bio
• KaitlinSandeno.net (Fan Site)
• Kaitlin Sandeno's U.S. Olympic Team bio