31 Facts About Elizabeth Beisel

Elizabeth Lyon Beisel is an American competition swimmer who specializes in backstroke and individual medley events.

Elizabeth Beisel has won a total of nine medals in major international competition, four gold, one silver, and four bronze spanning the Olympics, World Aquatics, and the Pan Pacific championships.

Elizabeth Beisel won the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley and bronze in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Elizabeth Beisel finished sixth in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Elizabeth Beisel will be joining Caeleb Dressel in representing the school.

Elizabeth Beisel was born in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, in 1992, the daughter of Ted and Joan Elizabeth Beisel.

Elizabeth Beisel graduated from North Kingstown High School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island in 2010.

Elizabeth Beisel became a member of the US national swim team when she was 13 years old.

Elizabeth Beisel accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition from 2011 to 2014.

Elizabeth Beisel won nine Southeastern Conference individual championships, and was honored as the SEC Female Swimmer of the Year in 2012.

Elizabeth Beisel won the NCAA individual championships in the 200-yard backstroke in 2012, and the 400-yard individual medley in 2013, leading the Lady Gators to a seventh, tenth, sixth and sixth-place team finishes at the NCAA national championships.

Elizabeth Beisel received eighteen All-American honors and earned first-team Academic All-America recognition.

At the age of 14, Elizabeth Beisel competed in the 2007 World Championships.

At the 2008 US Olympic Trials, Elizabeth Beisel finished second to Katie Hoff in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:32.87.

Elizabeth Beisel clocked the best time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley, and finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:34.24.

Elizabeth Beisel had the second fastest time in the semi-finals of the 200-meter backstroke, and finished fifth in the final.

At the 2009 National Championships, Elizabeth Beisel competed in four individual events and qualified to swim in two finals.

At the 2010 National Championships, Elizabeth Beisel competed in two events.

At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Elizabeth Beisel won two gold medals.

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Elizabeth Beisel competed in two events, the 200-meter backstroke and the 400-meter individual medley.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Elizabeth Beisel posted a time of 4:31.68 in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley.

Elizabeth Beisel was seeded first going into the finals, and received a silver medal for finishing second behind China's Ye Shiwen with a time of 4:31.27 to Ye's 4:28.46.

Elizabeth Beisel won a bronze medal by placing third in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:06.55, behind American Missy Franklin and Russian Anastasia Zuyeva.

In Rio de Janeiro, Elizabeth Beisel finished sixth in the final of the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:34.98.

Since retiring from her swimming career, Elizabeth Beisel has become extremely involved in the LEAD Sports Summit.

Elizabeth Beisel has been a part of this organization since 2017 and is currently active.

Elizabeth Beisel was one of 20 castaways to compete on Survivor: Island of the Idols, the 39th edition of the reality TV show.

Elizabeth Beisel eventually voted for runner up Dean Kowalski to win the game.

Many fans speculate it was due to this drama that Elizabeth Beisel did not attend the season's reunion show.

Elizabeth Beisel is married to fellow Survivor 39 contestant Jack Nichting.

Coincidentally, Elizabeth Beisel and Nichting were never on the same tribe during the game, due to Nichting being voted out of the game before the merge.