35 Facts About Chase Kalisz

Chase Tyler Kalisz is an American swimmer who specializes in individual medley events.

Chase Kalisz is an Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, an Olympic silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a two-time World Aquatics Championships gold medalist.

Chase Kalisz served as a captain for Team USA at the Championships.

Chase Kalisz's swim made him the sixth fastest swimmer in the race in history and the fastest at his age.

Chase Kalisz set a new school record in the event for the University of Georgia, lowering his former school record by over 1.7 seconds.

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Chase Kalisz won the silver medal in the 400 meter individual medley, finishing with a time of 4:09.22, dropping over two full seconds off his previous best time, and touching the wall less than six tenths of a second behind the gold medal winner, Daiya Seto of Japan.

In November, Chase Kalisz won USA Swimming's Golden Goggle Award for "Breakout Performer of the Year" for his accomplishments at the international and national levels in 2013.

At the 2015 FINA World Championships, Chase Kalisz earned a bronze medal behind Daiya Seto of Japan and David Verraszto of Hungary in a time of 4:10.05.

Chase Kalisz finished over one second ahead of second-place finisher Jay Litherland, who made the US Olympic Team in the event, and over two seconds ahead of third-place finisher Ryan Lochte.

Chase Kalisz competed in the 400 meter individual medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August.

Ahead of his race and excited to compete at his first Olympic Games, Chase Kalisz found one of the best practices for keeping his attention fully on the execution of his swimming prior to the race was leaving his mobile phone on airplane mode.

Chase Kalisz's medal contributed to the substantial symbolic medal hauls of his home state, Maryland, and his college, University of Georgia.

Student athletes across all sports from the University of Georgia, a total of 37 athletes and coaches competed including Chase Kalisz, won ten Olympic medals.

Chase Kalisz became the first male swimmer in the history of the university to win an Olympic medal.

Chase Kalisz won the 400 yard individual medley NCAA title for a third time at the 2017 NCAA Championships, breaking his own American record and setting a new pool record for the Indiana University Natatorium with a time of 3:33.42 in the final.

Chase Kalisz became the sixth swimmer in NCAA history to win the title in the men's 400 yard individual medley three or more times, with the previous person, Tim Siciliano, achieving the feat in 2001.

Chase Kalisz became the third male Georgia Bulldog swimmer or diver to win three individual NCAA titles after swimmer Sebastien Rouault and diver Chris Colwill.

At the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships in Indianapolis, Chase Kalisz won both the 200 meter and 400 meter individual medleys, earning himself a spot on the 2017 World Championship Team in those events.

Chase Kalisz finished third in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 1:54.79, missing the World Championship team in that event by less than three tenths of a second.

At the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Chase Kalisz won gold medals in both of his events, setting a new Championship Record in the 400 IM in a time of 4:05.90, beating the previous record held by Michael Phelps set a decade before in Melbourne.

Less than two weeks after the award winners were revealed and Chase Kalisz won neither Golden Goggle Award, he won the "Male American Swimmer of the Year" award from Swimming World.

At the 2019 Atlanta Classic in Atlanta, Chase Kalisz took second place in the 100 meter breaststroke with his time of 1:01.96, qualified for the event at the 2020 US Olympic Trials, and finished as one of only two swimmers in the final to swim the race in less than 1:02.00, the other being Caeleb Dressel of the Florida Gators.

In June 2021 at the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Chase Kalisz earned a spot on his second US Olympic Team on the first night of competition in the 400-meter individual medley.

Additionally, Chase Kalisz made the US Olympic Team in the 200-meter individual medley by placing second in the event behind Michael Andrew with his time of 1:56.97, making the 2020 Summer Olympics the first Olympic Games for which Chase Kalisz qualified to compete in more than one event.

Chase Kalisz's time improved upon his 1:59.72 from the 2020 US Open Swimming Championships, where he won the gold medal in the event.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Chase Kalisz won gold in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:09.42 on day two of competition.

Chase Kalisz's medal was the first medal for the United States at the Olympic Games in any sport.

Chase Kalisz's medal contributed to the five medal haul for former and current University of Georgia swimmers, coached by Jack Bauerle, on the second day of swimming competitions.

The victory was a personal triumph for Chase Kalisz who overcame a shoulder injury from 2019 to win his gold medal.

Chase Kalisz won the 200 meter butterfly final with a 1:56.79 and placed third in the final of the 200 meter breaststroke with a 2:12.47.

Chase Kalisz ranked first overall in the preliminary heats of the 400 meter individual medley two days later, qualifying for the final with a time of 4:13.24.

Chase Kalisz won the final with a 1:56.21, qualifying for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team in the event.

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Chase Kalisz ranked third in the preliminary heats of the 400 meter individual medley on day one of swimming competition with a 4:10.32, advancing to the final behind first-ranked Leon Marchand and second-ranked Carson Foster.

Chase Kalisz placed fourth in the final with a time of 1:56.43, finishing 0.21 seconds behind bronze medalist Daiya Seto of Japan.

Day two of the 2022 US Open Swimming Championships, held in Greensboro in November and December, Chase Kalisz won the gold medal in the 200 meter individual medley with a Championships record time of 1:56.52, which was 2.62 seconds ahead of silver medalist Baylor Nelson and 3.37 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Daniel Diehl.