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Gretchen Walsh

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Gretchen Claire Walsh (born January 29, 2003) is an American competitive swimmer, swimsuit model, and the world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly, 4×100 medley relay, mixed gender 4×100 medley relay, 50 meter butterfly (short course), 100 meter butterfly (short course), and 100 meter IM (short course). She won the silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she also set the Olympic record in the 100 meter butterfly in the semifinals with a time of 55.38. She additionally holds one world junior record in the mixed gender 4×100 medley relay event, as well as American records in the 50 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, 4×100 meter medley relay, 50 meter freestyle (short course), 50 meter backstroke (short course), 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard backstroke, 4×50 yard freestyle relay, 4×50 yard medley relay, 4×100 yard freestyle relay, and 4×100 yard medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gretchen Walsh is the 576th most popular swimmer (up from 637th in 2019), the 19,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 19,808th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gretchen Walsh ranks 576 out of 709. Before her are Maryna Aleksiyiva, Stanislav Donets, Hubert Kós, Cate Campbell, Chase Kalisz, and Wu Peng. After her are James Magnussen, Mollie O'Callaghan, Matt Welsh, Anastasiya Kirpichnikova, Kaylee McKeown, and Roman Mityukov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2003, Gretchen Walsh ranks 104. Before her are Liam Delap, Malina Weissman, Pia Maria, Wahid Faghir, Hubert Kós, and Quvenzhané Wallis. After her are Hugo Novoa, Ousmane Diomande, Sunisa Lee, Akhmed Tazhudinov, Luca Netz, and Felix Afena-Gyan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gretchen Walsh ranks 19,342 out of 20,380. Before her are Eugene Jeter (1983), Velvet Sky (1981), Quvenzhané Wallis (2003), Beau Hoopman (1980), Robert Covington (1990), and Teddy Geiger (1988). After her are Chely Wright (1970), Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994), Karrueche Tran (1988), Sarah Hildebrandt (1993), Ashley Argota (1993), and Jordan Spieth (1993).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Gretchen Walsh ranks 161. Before her are Katie Hoff (1989), Nathan Adrian (1988), Cristina Teuscher (1978), Garrett Weber-Gale (1985), Lilly King (1997), and Chase Kalisz (1994). After her are Ricky Berens (1988), Diana Munz (1982), Eric Shanteau (1983), Regan Smith (2002), Ben Wildman-Tobriner (1984), and Katie Meili (1991).

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