60 Facts About Kate Douglass

Katherine Cadwallader Douglass was born on November 17,2001 and is an American competitive swimmer.

Kate Douglass is a five-time Olympic medalist, including two golds, and has won 33 medals with 15 golds at the World Championships.

Kate Douglass competed for the University of Virginia during her NCAA career, which lasted from 2019 to 2023.

Kate Douglass helped Virginia win three NCAA Division I Championships in 2021,2022, and 2023.

Kate Douglass won the Honda Sports Award as the best college female swimmer in 2022 and 2023.

Kate Douglass was born in Pelham, New York, on November 17,2001, to Allison and William Kate Douglass.

Kate Douglass has a younger sister, Abby, and a younger brother, Will.

Kate Douglass attended Pelham Memorial High School and graduated in 2019.

Kate Douglass moved to the Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club in Connecticut in 2017 and swam there for the last two years of high school.

At the 2017 World Junior Championships as a member of the US junior national team, Kate Douglass finished eleventh in the semifinals of the 50 m freestyle, and did not qualify for finals.

At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, Kate Douglass placed seventh overall in the finals of the 50 m freestyle.

Kate Douglass did not qualify for the finals in her other individual events.

Kate Douglass competed at the 2019 US National Championships in July and August.

Kate Douglass did not win a medal in any of her events.

Kate Douglass then improved her best time in the 200 breaststroke to 2:06.19 in January 2020.

In November 2019, Kate Douglass broke the ACC record in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:52.84.

At the 2020 ACC Championships, Kate Douglass won the 200 yard individual medley title in a time of 1:51.36, making her the fastest freshman ever in the event and the fourth-fastest in history.

Kate Douglass won a conference title in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 50.83 and placed third in the 200 yard breaststroke with a personal best time of 2:05.89 to help Virginia win their 16th ACC championship.

Kate Douglass's time was just three-tenths off of Ella Eastin's NCAA record of 1:50.62.

Kate Douglass started off 2021 ACC Championships by breaking the NCAA record in the 200 medley relay with her teammates Caroline Gemlich, Alexis Wenger, and Lexi Cuomo.

However, Kate Douglass took home two ACC titles in 2021, winning the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 46.83 and the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 49.96.

Kate Douglass won her first NCAA title when she beat Michigan's Maggie Mac Neil by four-hundredths of a second in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 21.13.

Kate Douglass then finished second to Mac Neil in both the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly, swimming times of 46.30 and 49.55 respectively, and was a part of four Virginia second-place relays: the 200 yard medley relay, the 200 yard freestyle relay, the 400 yard freestyle relay, and the 400 yard medley relay.

Kate Douglass helped Virginia win their first-ever team national championship.

Kate Douglass started off trials by missing out on the Olympic team when she finished third in the 100 m butterfly, swimming a time of 56.56 that was just 0.13 seconds behind second-place finisher Claire Curzan's 56.43.

However, in the 200 m individual medley, Kate Douglass finished second to Alex Walsh and swam a personal best time of 2:09.32.

Kate Douglass beat fourth-place finisher Abbie Wood by 0.11 seconds, being behind after the first 150 meters of the race and passing her in the freestyle leg to grab the bronze medal in a personal best time of 2:09.04.

At the 2021 Tennessee Invite, Kate Douglass broke Sophie Hansson's ACC record in the 200 yard breaststroke, swimming a time of 2:03.58 to become the fourth-fastest performer ever.

Kate Douglass then bettered that time to 2:03.14 at the 2022 Cavalier Invite in February to become the second-fastest performer of all-time in the event.

Kate Douglass then opted to swim only sprint events at the 2022 ACC Championships, and she won titles in the 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, and 100 yard butterfly.

Kate Douglass scored 96 individual points to help Virginia win their third-straight ACC team championship.

At the 2022 NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Kate Douglass won seven titles, three individual events and four relays.

Kate Douglass began the meet by breaking the NCAA, US Open, and American record in the preliminary rounds of the 50 freestyle, swimming a 20.87.

Kate Douglass came into the meet with a best time of 2:28.00, but brought her time down to a 2:21.43 to finish second and nearly out-touch defending Olympic silver medalist Lilly King in her race.

At the 2022 Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Kate Douglass won a gold medal in the 200 m individual medley, setting a new Americas record of 2:02.12 and swimming the second-fastest time ever over this distance after Katinka Hosszu in 2014.

Kate Douglass won the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke by setting a new championship record, winning her second individual title in a global competition within three days.

At the 2022 Tennessee Invite, Kate Douglass broke her own NCAA, US Open, and American record in the 200 yard breaststroke, swimming a time of 2:01.87.

At the 2023 Cavalier Invitational, Kate Douglass further reset the US Open and American record in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:01.43, becoming the fastest ever in the event by over a second.

Kate Douglass recorded a time of 48.84 in the 100 yard butterfly, setting NCAA, US Open, and American records, as well as swimming a time of 45.86 in the 100 yard freestyle which made her the third woman under 46 seconds in the event, and a time of 1:50.15 in the 200 yard IM, placing her at second fastest of all time and just 0.07 seconds off Alex Walsh's record.

At the 2023 NCAA Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee, Kate Douglass won seven titles, three individual and four relays.

Kate Douglass won the 100 yard butterfly the next day in another American and US Open record time of 48.46, edging out Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil by five-hundredths of a second.

Kate Douglass finished almost two seconds ahead of second place Anna Elendt.

Kate Douglass was a part of four of the University of Virginia's championship winning relays, the 200 freestyle, 200 medley, 400 freestyle, and 400 medley relays.

Virginia won their third consecutive NCAA team title, with Kate Douglass playing an important role in all three.

At the 2023 US National Championships, Kate Douglass won gold medals in the 100 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley, she won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke, and she won bronze medals in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly.

At the 2023 World Championships, Kate Douglass competed in seven events and won six medals.

Kate Douglass won the most medals of any American athlete during the competition.

Kate Douglass passed Walsh during the freestyle leg to win her first World Championship title.

At the 2024 World Championships, Kate Douglass competed in six events and won five medals.

At the 2024 US Olympic Trials in June, Kate Douglass competed in the 100 m freestyle, 200 m breaststroke, and 200 m individual medley.

Kate Douglass won gold medals and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in all three events.

Kate Douglass broke the championship record in the 200 m breaststroke, and she broke the US Open and championship records in the 200 m individual medley.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in July and August, Kate Douglass competed in four events and won medals in all of them.

Kate Douglass then won the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke in an American record time.

Kate Douglass competed in the 2024 World Cup circuit, consisting of three short course meets in October and November.

Kate Douglass won 11 total events, sweeping all three in the 200 m breaststroke, 50 m butterfly, and 100 m individual medley, and one each in the 100 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley.

Kate Douglass finished first in the overall World Cup standings.

At the 2024 Short Course World Championships in December, Kate Douglass competed in seven events, winning four gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal.

Kate Douglass set personal bests in all five of her individual events.

On December 10, Kate Douglass won gold in the 200 m individual medley, defending her 2022 title and breaking the world record.