34 Facts About Zach Apple

Zachary Douglas Apple was born on April 23,1997 and is a retired American competitive swimmer who specialized in the sprint freestyle events.

Zach Apple used to swim for DC Trident in the International Swimming League.

Zach Apple won his first Olympic gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, swimming in the prelims and the final of the event, and later in the same Olympic Games won a gold medal and helped set a new world record and Olympic record in the 4x100-meter medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the final.

Zach Apple won a gold medal and set a new Championships record as part of the finals relay in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay.

Zach Apple was a part of the finals relay team in the mixed 4x100-meter freestyle relay that won the gold medal in a world record time of 3 minutes, 19.40 seconds.

Zach Apple was born April 23,1997, in Trenton, Ohio, as the son of Doug and Allison Apple.

Zach Apple earned All-American honors as a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay that finished sixth.

Zach Apple finished 12th and 14th in the 200 and 100-yard freestyle, and was a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay that finished sixth, 400-yard freestyle relay that finished 11th and 800-yard freestyle relay that finished 12th.

Zach Apple earned a third place in the 200-yard freestyle and finished tenth in the 100-yard freestyle.

Zach Apple contributed to the team's second NCAA title in the 400-yard medley relay, 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays, which placed fourth.

At the World Championships Trials in Indianapolis, Zach Apple finished first in the prelims of the 100-yard freestyle and ended up fourth in the finals, which qualified him for the 400-meter freestyle relay.

Zach Apple finished fourth in the 100 and fifth in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2018 National Swimming Championships, he qualified for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.

Zach Apple was part of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay that won gold.

Zach Apple took home five gold medals: in the 100 and 200-meter freestyle as well as in the 4x100 and 4x200-meter freestyle, and 4x100 medley relay.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in July in Gwangju, South Korea, Zach Apple won a total of four medals, two golds, one silver, and one bronze, all in relay events.

Zach Apple was the only swimmer on the relay to split under 47 seconds with his time of 46.86 seconds.

Swimming with Caeleb Dressel, Mallory Comerford, and Simone Manuel in the final of mixed 4x100-meter freestyle relay, Zach Apple won a gold medal and helped set a new world record of 3:19.40.

Zach Apple earned his silver medal of the meet in the 4x100 medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the prelims.

Zach Apple won his bronze medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, where his swims in the prelims and finals garnered attention from SwimSwam who heralded Apple as the reason the relay team won the bronze medal instead of not medaling.

Zach Apple was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the team DC Trident.

Zach Apple competed at the first two matches held in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Naples, Italy in October 2019, and the match held in College Park, Maryland in November 2019.

In December 2019, at the 2019 Toyota US Open Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia, Zach Apple placed second in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.81 behind Bruno Fratus, second in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.76 behind Townley Haas, and first in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 47.69 that set a new Championship record in the event for the meet.

On June 17,2021, Zach Apple placed second in the 100-meter freestyle at the US Olympic Swimming Trials with a time of 47.72 and qualified for the 2020 US Olympic swimming team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and the individual 100-meter freestyle.

Zach Apple finished fifth overall in the 200-meter freestyle final with a time of 1:46.45 and qualified for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 2020 Olympic Games on June 15.

At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Zach Apple competed in the prelims and the final of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

Zach Apple had the second fastest split time of any swimmer in the event's final, swimming a quarter of a second slower than the 46.44 split by Kyle Chalmers of Australia.

Zach Apple was the first athlete from the Auburn University swim program, past or present, to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games since the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The relay finished fourth in the final, then later in the same competition session Zach Apple placed sixth in his semifinal heat, 11th overall, and did not advance to the final of the 100-meter freestyle.

Zach Apple entered to compete in one individual event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December, the 100-meter freestyle.

Zach Apple placed twelfth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle with a 47.33.

Zach Apple placed eighth in the final with a 1:51.43.

At the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Zach Apple ranked seventh in the prelims heats of the 100 meter freestyle on the first day of competition, qualifying for the evening final in 48.57 seconds.

Zach Apple placed eighth in the final with a time of 48.52 seconds.

Zach Apple followed up his swims with a 1:49.44 in the prelims heats of the 200 meter freestyle the following morning, placing 18th overall.