Kim Vandenberg
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Full name | Kimberly Vandenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Berkeley, California, U.S. | December 13, 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Cyndi Gallagher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kimberly Vandenberg (born December 13, 1983)[1] is an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Vandenberg grew up in Moraga, California, and swam for Campolindo High School and Orinda Aquatics. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, swimming in the preliminary heats of the relay event. She also won silver medals at the 2005 World University Games, and at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in the women's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later, she won a gold medal in the same event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara.
Vandenberg attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and swam for the UCLA Bruins women's swimming and diving team. She graduated from UCLA in 2007.[2] Being one of the only U.S. Olympic swimmers to choose to train abroad, she returned to Brooklyn, in 2013[3] and trains with the New York Athletic Club,[4] under head coach Romain Barnier, a former Olympian. "We have a really interesting group of international swimmers who have different experiences and who all learn from each other. It's a unique experience", said Vandenberg in an interview with Gary Hall, Sr.[5]
Vandenberg saw the benefits of training abroad and viewing the world's different training methods.[6][7]
Vandenberg is an ambassador for Room to Read, an organization that focuses on literacy and gender equality in education,[8] and for Up2Us Sports.[9]
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of California, Los Angeles people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Vandenberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "How to work out in a pool". Well+Good. July 15, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "Kim Vandenberg | CollegeSwimming". www.collegeswimming.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Vandenberg, Kim. Interview by Gary Wayne Hall. The Race Club, 8 March 2011. Web. 22 February 2015. <http://www.theraceclub.com/videos/interview-kim-vandenberg>
- ^ "Fitter & Faster." Swim Clinics With Kim Vandenberg. SwimOutlet, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
- ^ "Q&A with Olympic Medalist Kim Vandenberg | Asphalt Green". www.asphaltgreen.org. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "Kimberly Vandenberg Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador". Business Wire. May 11, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ "How My Coaches Helped Me Become an Olympian". UCLA. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Kim Vandenberg at World Aquatics
- Kim Vandenberg at Olympics.com
- Kim Vandenberg at Olympedia
- Kim Vandenberg at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Kim Vandenberg at Team USA (archive September 23, 2021)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- American people of Dutch descent
- American female butterfly swimmers
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from Berkeley, California
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- UCLA Bruins women's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- People from Moraga, California
- Sportspeople from Contra Costa County, California
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- 21st-century American sportswomen