Emma Weyant
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National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | December 24, 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Virginia, University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Weyant (born December 24, 2001[1]) is an American competitive swimmer. She was the US national champion at the individual medley. She qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in the 400m individual medley and won the silver medal in this event.
Background
Weyant lived in Sarasota and swam for the Sarasota Sharks while attending Riverview High School.[2]
Career
At the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, contested in August in Suva, Fiji, Weyant won the gold medal in the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:40.64 and the bronze medal in the 800 meter freestyle with a time of 8:38.88, which was less than 10 seconds behind gold medalist Lani Pallister of Australia.[3]
In the 2020 Olympic Games, she won a silver medal in the women's 400 individual medley.[4]
In her debut season at the University of Virginia, Weyant finished second behind transgender athlete Lia Thomas in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, with her time of 4:34.99 ranking as her career best.[5] In 2022 Weyant transferred to the University of Florida.[6]
References
- ^ "Emma Weyant". Team USA. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ Razzano, Tiffany (June 15, 2021). "Sarasota Swimmer Upsets Olympic Veterans, Headed To Tokyo: Report". Sarasota, FL Patch. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ Hy-Tek (August 26, 2018). "Meet Results: 2018 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ Best, James (July 24, 2021). "Weyant, Flickinger Win Silver, Bronze in Women's 400 IM Final". NBC6. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ Newton, Matt (March 18, 2022). "Virginia Strengthens Leads on Second Night of NCAA Women's Swim Championships". Fan Nation. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Newton, Matt (July 25, 2022). "Virginia Swimmer Emma Weyant Transfers to Florida". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
External links
- Emma Weyant at World Aquatics
- Emma Weyant at SwimRankings.net
- Emma Weyant at Olympics.com
- Emma Weyant at Olympedia
- Emma Weyant at Team USA (archived)
- Living people
- 2001 births
- American female medley swimmers
- Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida
- Swimmers from Florida
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Virginia Cavaliers women's swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 21st-century American women
- American swimming biography stubs