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Katie Hoff
- 2004 Olympian, finished seventh in 200m IM
- 2005 World champion in the 200m, 400m IM and the 800m freestyle relay
- 2004 Short Course World Championships silver (400m IM), bronze (200m IM)
- Sixth-fastest American woman ever in the 400 I.M.
- Won 2005 World Championship Trials 400m IM, 200m IM (American and U.S. Open record), 200m free
- At the Santa Clara 37th Annual International meet in May, 14-year-old Hoff broke Olympic legend Summer Sanders's 400 I.M. meet record from 1992
- At age 15, Hoff was the youngest member of the 2004 Olympic Team
- Set the 200 I.M. national age group record for 13-14 girls twice this year
- Her mother was a standout basketball player at Stanford University
- Grew up not only swimming but doing ballet, gymnastics and other sports
Hoff becomes one of a number of Olympians from her club team, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. The team's pool is decorated with posters of past Olympic team members including Michael Phelps, Beth Botsford and Anita Nall. Like Hoff, they were all 15 or younger when they made the team. Hoff's family moved to Abingdon from Williamsburg, Va. last summer largely so she could swim for NBAC.
Related Links
Photo gallery: 2005 World Championships
Hoff telling a Baltimore Sun reporter how her competitive instinct was born during a workout in 1996: "It was a 25-yard breaststroke. I remember looking up and seeing one of my friends far ahead of me and saying, 'I don't like this.' I guess the competitive side of me broke free. I started racing at that point, instead of just swimming."
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Height: 5'8"
Born: 03-Jun-89
Resides: Abingdon, MD
Sport: Swimming
Event: 400m I.M.
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