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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Allison Schmitt
| image          = Allison Schmitt 2016.jpg
| caption        = Schmitt at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
| full_name      = Allison Rodgers Schmitt
| nicknames      = "Schmitty", "Al", "Allie", "Arschmitty"
| national_team  = {{USA}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|7}}
| birth_place    = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]],<ref>[https://swimswam.com/bio/allison-schmitt/ "Allison Schmitt - Bio"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved July 23, 2021.</ref> U.S.
| height         = 6 ft 1 in<ref name="London2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/schmitt-allison-1133648/ |title=Allison Schmitt |publisher=London 2012 official site |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426123521/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/schmitt-allison-1133648/ |archive-date=April 26, 2013}}</ref>
| weight         = 165 lbs<ref name="London2012" />
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Plymouth Canton Cruisers  [[North Baltimore Aquatic Club]]<br />Club Wolverine<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/allison-schmitt-1.html |title=Allison Schmitt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/allison-schmitt-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
| collegeteam    = [[Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving|University of Georgia]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount
|total=yes
| [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] | 4 | 3 | 3
| [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] | 1 | 4 | 0
| [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] | 3 | 0 | 0
| [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] | 2 | 1 | 0
| [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] | 3 | 1 | 0
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio de Janeiro |[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] |[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]] | [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Rome | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 Gwangju]]|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Gwangju|[[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2012 Istanbul]] | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Istanbul | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Istanbul | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2010 Irvine]] | [[2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Irvine | [[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2018 Tokyo]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | [[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Toronto | [[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Toronto | [[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Toronto | [[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
}}

'''Allison Rodgers Schmitt''' (born June 7, 1990) is an American competition [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who specializes in [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] events. She is a four-time [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] and a ten-time [[Olympic medal]]ist.

In her Olympic debut at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, Schmitt won a bronze medal as a member of the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200-meter freestyle relay]].  Four years later, at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, she won a total of five medals, three of them gold, in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200-meter freestyle]] (in which she set a new Olympic record),<ref name=BaltSun>{{cite web |title=Schmitt moves into spotlight |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/08/01/schmitt-moves-into-spotlight/ |author=Jean Marbella |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200-meter freestyle relay]], and in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-meter medley relay]] (in which a new world record was set);<ref>{{cite news |title=Allison Schmitt, U.S. women set world record in 400 medley relay win at Olympics |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120804/SPORTS17/120804028/london-olympics-allison-schmitt-united-states-world-record |access-date=August 4, 2012 |newspaper=The Detroit Free Press |date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> and she also won a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 meter freestyle]], and a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 meter freestyle relay]].

At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] Schmitt won a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 meter freestyle relay]] and a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle relay]]. It was the first Olympics where she served as captain of the US Olympic swim team. Schmitt was the only second-time captain for the US Olympic swim team at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Dornan5Jul21"/> At the 2020 Olympics, Schmitt won a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100-meter freestyle relay]], swimming in the prelims of the race, and a silver medal swimming in the final of the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200-meter freestyle relay]].<ref name="TDN24Jul2021"/><ref name="Mizoguchi28Jul2021"/>

In total, Schmitt has won twenty-five medals in major international competitions: thirteen gold, nine silver, and three bronze spanning the [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]], the [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|FINA World Championships]], the [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]], and the [[Pan American Games]].  She was a four-time [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) national champion in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle swimming events during college, and was a member of the [[Georgia Bulldogs]] team that won the NCAA Division I Women's team title in 2013.

Schmitt was named [[SwimSwam]]'s Swammy Award-winner for Female Swimmer of the Year in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/2012-swammy-award-female-swimmer-of-the-year/|title=2012 SWAMMY AWARD: Female Swimmer of the Year|date=January 8, 2013|website=swimswam.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Schmitt was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1990 to Ralph and Gail Schmitt.  Raised as one of five siblings in what is still her hometown of [[Canton, Michigan]] (a suburb of [[Detroit]]), she went to Canton Charter Academy for elementary and middle school. Schmitt's father is a [[financial analyst]] and her mother is a [[project management|system project manager]].  Schmitt considers her parents to have been the most influential and helpful people in her life. "They are so supportive of my dreams and ambitions," she said in 2008, adding, "they have given me so many opportunities to excel in life and have set a good example for me to follow."<ref>{{cite web |title=Allison Schmitt profile, page 53 |url=http://usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=856&Alias=rainbow&Lang=en |work=2008 US Olympic Swim Team Media Guide |publisher=USA Swimming, Inc. |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref>

She has an older sister named Kirsten who earned her bachelor's degree from the [[University of Florida]], and her [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the [[Washington University School of Law|School of Law]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref name=USASwimmingBio>{{cite web |title=Swimmer Stats for Allison Schmitt |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1453&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&biosid=c88fdd52-8893-42c8-800a-c277b47cb4fc |work=National Team Bios |publisher=The USA Swimming Website |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825054502/http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1453&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&biosid=c88fdd52-8893-42c8-800a-c277b47cb4fc |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Her older brother, Derek, swam for the [[University of Pittsburgh]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek Schmitt Profile |url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/schmitt_derek00.html |work=Pittsburgh Panthers website |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> and is an assistant coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils swim team in Tempe, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek Schmitt, assistant coach |url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/coaches/derek-schmitt/3151 |work=Men's Swimming and Diving web page |publisher=Arizona State Sun Devils Swim Team |access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref>  Schmitt's younger twin sisters, Kari and Sara, played in the [[USA Hockey]] national championship games in 2008 and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=Medals part of family history for Belle Tire's Schmitt sisters |url=http://www.maksymumradio.net/index.php?/Medals-part-of-family-history-for-Belle-Tires-Schmitt-sisters.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221190222/http://www.maksymumradio.net/index.php?/Medals-part-of-family-history-for-Belle-Tires-Schmitt-sisters.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |work=Maksymum Hockey Radio Show |publisher=Maksymum Radio |access-date=August 2, 2012 }}</ref> [[Varsity letter|lettered]] in [[Varsity team|varsity]] both [[High school basketball|basketball]] and swimming during their four years in high school,<ref>{{cite web |last=Flynn |first=Sean |title=Canton Twins Bound for Buckeye Country |url=http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/canton-twins-bound-for-buckeye-country |work=Plymouth-Canton Patch |date=May 19, 2011 |publisher=Patch Network, Inc. |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> and played [[College ice hockey|hockey]] at [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Ice Hockey |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/osu-w-hockey-mtt.html |work=2011–2012 Team Roster |publisher=Ohio State University Buckeyes Official Athletic Site |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519130634/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/osu-w-hockey-mtt.html |archive-date=May 19, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

She started swimming at age eight, saying she followed her older sister, Kirsten, into it.  "I thought about quitting," Schmitt said, "but stayed one more season and loved it."  Prior to settling on swimming, she said she tried [[soccer]], [[dance]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], [[softball]]; and though she said she had the equipment for hockey, she decided to swim instead.<ref name=USASwimmingBio />

From ages 10 through 13, Schmitt swam with the Ann Arbor Swim Club (AASC) in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] (which, in 2006, merged into Club Wolverine).<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Wolverine Mission and History |url=http://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=czmscw&_stabid_=6505 |work=The Club Wolverine website |publisher=Team Unify, LLC |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> In an interview during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Josh Morgan, her then-AASC coach, said there was no indication in those years just how fast she would one day become.  He said she started to show real potential, later, in the spring of her junior year in high school when she went to a 2007 Junior National Team competition.  Calling it "her first real breakout swim," he said she went "from pretty fast to really fast," dropping four to five seconds off her 200-meter freestyle short course time of normally around a minute fifty-two seconds, down to around a minute forty-seven, thereby putting Schmitt in what Morgan called "elite company."<ref name=Patch>{{cite web|last=McKay |first=John |title=Gold Medalist Allison Schmitt's Global Journey Started in Local Pools |url=http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/gold-medalist-allison-schmitt-s-global-journey-started-in-local-pools |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131041442/http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/gold-medalist-allison-schmitt-s-global-journey-started-in-local-pools |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |work=Plymouth-Canton Patch |date=August 3, 2012 |publisher=Patch Network, Inc. }}</ref>

Schmitt went to [[Plymouth-Canton Educational Park|Canton High School]] in [[Canton Township, Michigan]], from which she graduated in the spring of 2008.  During her senior year, as she continued to swim at what had, by then, become Club Wolverine on the [[University of Michigan]] campus in nearby Ann Arbor, she began training alongside Olympian [[Michael Phelps]] under the guidance of Phelps's long-time coach, [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving|Michigan Wolverines]] head coach [[Bob Bowman (coach)|Bob Bowman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Commentary: Allison Schmitt shows all the right moves |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120801/OPINION03/208010471/1361/Commentary--Allison-Schmitt-shows-all-the-right-moves |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121125656/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120801/OPINION03/208010471/1361/Commentary--Allison-Schmitt-shows-all-the-right-moves |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |newspaper=The Detroit News |access-date=August 2, 2012 }}</ref> Before the Summer Olympics in Beijing, having ended his tenure at University of Michigan, Bowman moved to [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] in anticipation of being named the head coach and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the prestigious [[North Baltimore Aquatic Club]] the following September.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Bowman, Head Coach, CEO |url=http://www.nbac.net/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=msnbac&_stabid_=53015 |work=The Coaches page of the NBAC website |publisher=The North Baltimore Aquatic Club |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> Both Phelps and Schmitt followed, with Schmitt moving to Baltimore<ref name=20Questions>{{cite web |last=Schaller |first=Bob |title=Twenty Questions Tuesday: Allison Schmitt |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=3803&mid=8712 |work=USASwimming News Article |date=October 11, 2011 |publisher=The USASwimming.org website |access-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071104/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=3803&mid=8712 |archive-date=March 5, 2016  }}</ref> just after her spring 2008 high school graduation in order to train full-time with Phelps and Bowman during the weeks leading-up to the 2008 Olympics  (at which Schmitt won her first Olympic medal, a bronze in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay).<ref name=BaltSun />

After the Summer Olympics, in the fall of 2008, Schmitt moved to [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] to become a freshman at the University of Georgia, majoring in psychology, and minoring in childhood and family development.<ref name=GlamourMag>{{cite web |last=Strul |first=Jessica |title=Top 10 College Women: The Athlete Allison Schmitt, 21 University of Georgia |url=http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2011/09/top-10-college-women-the-athlete |work=Glamour |date=September 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref>  She joined coach [[Jack Bauerle]]'s [[Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving]] team, following her competition in the Summer Olympics under Bauerle, who was the women's swimming head coach.<ref>{{cite web |last=Guthrie |first=David |title=Jack Bauerle (Georgia) 2008 NCAA Swimming (Men) Championships |url=http://www.floswimming.org/videos/coverage/view_video/232-2008-ncaa-swimming-men-championships/11964-jack-bauerle-georgia |work=Information page about Jack Bauerle |publisher=The flowswimming.org website |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> She participated in NCAA competition during her freshman, sophomore and junior years,<ref name=ugaprofile>GeorgiaDogs.com, Swimming & Diving, [http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/schmitt_allison00.html  Allison Schmitt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429002955/http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/schmitt_allison00.html |date=April 29, 2012 }}. Retrieved July 14, 2012.</ref> ultimately becoming a four-time NCAA national champion by winning the 500-yard freestyle in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and the 200-yard freestyle in 2010.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20170702064705/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26784.asp?q=NCAA-Division-I-Women's-Championships:-Allison-Schmitt-Threepeats-in-500-Free NCAA Division I Women's Championships: Allison Schmitt Threepeats in 500 Free]," ''Swimming World'' (March 17, 2011). Retrieved July 14, 2012.</ref>  While at college in Athens, Schmitt also became involved in Athens Bulldog Swim Club (ABSC) competitions<ref>{{cite web|title=ABSC Bulldog Spring Invite – Psych Sheet |url=http://www.athensbulldogs.com/pages/meets/hostedmeets/bulldoginvite09/bulldogpsych.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117092700/http://www.athensbulldogs.com/pages/meets/hostedmeets/bulldoginvite09/bulldogpsych.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |work=ABSC swim competition results showing Schmitt's participation |publisher=The Athens Bulldog Swim Club website |access-date=August 4, 2012 }}</ref> on the University of Georgia campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of ABSC |url=http://athensbulldogs.com/index.php?page=info/history |publisher=The Athens Bulldog Swim Club website |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref>

During her first three years at the university, she trained with Phelps and Bowman in Baltimore only during summers.<ref name=BaltSun /> However, in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she took the 2011–2012 school year (her senior year) off and moved to Baltimore to train full-time with Bowman and Phelps at the NBAC;<ref name=porter6262012>Kristin Leigh Porter, "[https://www.ncaa.com/news/swimming-women/article/2012-06-25/schmitt-looking-return-olympics  Schmitt looking for return to Olympics]," NCAA.com (June 26, 2012). Retrieved July 14, 2012.</ref> which consisted of at least four hours in the pool and one hour on dry land six days a week.<ref name=GlamourMag />

After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Schmitt returned to the University of Georgia to complete her senior year of college,<ref name=porter6262012 />  She was the recipient of the [[Honda Sports Award]] for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of 2012–13.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2012-13/swimdive|title=Allison Schmitt, University of Georgia|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref> Following her return from London, Schmitt started suffering from [[major depressive disorder|depression]], finding the increased public attention to be overwhelming. Her anguish led to bad swimming results, leading her to not qualify for various international competitions. After sharing her feelings with Phelps and Bowman in January 2015, Schmitt decided to attend therapy sessions but did not disclose her depression to her family. Once Schmitt's cousin April Bocian took her own life in May, she opted to reveal herself to her family and also make her emotional issues public, feeling it would help others in the same situation.<ref name=sun>{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bs-sp-allison-schmitt-depression-20150716-story.html |title=Olympic swimmer Allison Schmitt tries to emerge from her darkness |author=Walker, Childs |date=July 16, 2015 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/lifestyle/cantons-allison-schmitt-speaks-candidly-about-postolympic-depression/35395188 |title=Canton's Allison Schmitt speaks candidly about post-Olympic depression |date=September 22, 2015 |publisher=[[WDIV-TV]]}}</ref>

Schmitt wrote on the bio form for her [[USA Swimming]] organization membership that she enjoys [[scrapbooking]], photography, playing outdoor sports and board games; and that her ultimate way to relax is watching a movie or getting a massage.<ref name=USASwimmingBio /> Whenever she returns home to Canton she likes to visit the local youth swim clubs and high school swim teams, as a role model and mentor by swimming and talking with the young swimmers.<ref name=Patch /> "I love motivating these kids when they're just starting to pave their own paths in life," she said.<ref name=GlamourMag />

About it all, Schmitt has said:  "I didn't start swimming competitively until I was 10 and didn't really focus on it until I was 12, yet it's such a huge part of my life and I can't imagine my life without it. It's been an amazing journey, but more than that, it's shaped who I am as a person. The best part is all the friends I have made. I believe that I literally have the best friends anyone could ever imagine hoping for, and I met almost all of them because of swimming. Taking in all the memories with these amazing people, I feel pretty lucky with the paths I have crossed, and the people I have met because of swimming."<ref name=20Questions />

Schmitt is a good friend of Michael Phelps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2015-02-25/09407524298.shtml|title=菲尔普斯8年爱情长跑终成正果|website=[[Sina Sports]]|date=February 25, 2015|access-date=October 29, 2016|language=zh}}</ref><ref>[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1281287-allison-schmitt-how-training-with-michael-phelps-elevated-her-career Allison Schmitt: How Training with Michael Phelps Elevated Her Career]. Retrieved November 1, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2015/12/24/olympians-michael-phelps-allison-schmitt-embrace-move-arizona/77860306/ Olympians Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt embrace move to Arizona]. Retrieved November 1, 2016</ref>

==International swimming career==
===2008 Summer Olympics===
{{see also|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Schmitt won a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200-meter freestyle relay]] with [[Natalie Coughlin]], [[Caroline Burckle]] and [[Katie Hoff]].  Swimming the lead-off leg, Schmitt recorded a split time of 1:57.71 and the American team finished with a time of 7:46.33, an American record.  Schmitt also competed in the 200-meter freestyle, but did not advance past the semifinals, finishing in ninth place with a time of 1:58.01.

===2009 World Aquatics Championships===
At the [[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 World Championships]] in Rome, Schmitt competed in three events, the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle, and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.  In her first event, the 400-meter freestyle, Schmitt recorded the second best time in the heats with a time of 4:02.80.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_5_Heats_Women_400_Free.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806182819/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_5_Heats_Women_400_Free.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |title=Women's 400&nbsp;m freestyle results (heats) |website=OmegaTiming.com |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> However, in the final she placed 4th with a time of 4:02.51.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_105_Finals_1_Women_400_Free.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806180549/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_105_Finals_1_Women_400_Free.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |title=Women's 400&nbsp;m freestyle results (final) |website=OmegaTiming.com |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref>  In her second event, the 200-meter freestyle, she won a silver medal finishing behind world record holder [[Federica Pellegrini]] by 1.98 seconds.  Schmitt's time of 1:54.96 was good enough for the [[List of Americas records in swimming|American record]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_116_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806180636/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_116_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |title=Women's 200&nbsp;m freestyle results (final) |website=OmegaTiming.com |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> In the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, she swam the final leg in 1:54.21 as the American team placed second to [[China]].  The final time of 7:42.56 was just behind China's time of 7:42.08, but was good enough for the American record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73B1_Res1HeatRelay_126_Finals_1_Women_4x200_Free.pdf |title=Women's 4x200 m freestyle relay results (final) |website=OmegaTiming.com |access-date=May 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091004030028/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73B1_Res1HeatRelay_126_Finals_1_Women_4x200_Free.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2009 }}</ref>

===2011 World Aquatics Championships===
At the [[2011 World Aquatics Championships]] in Shanghai, Schmitt won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with [[Missy Franklin]], [[Dagny Knutson]], and [[Katie Hoff]], with the team finishing ahead of Australia and China.  As the anchor leg, Schmitt had a 1:56.49 split. Schmitt also competed in the individual 200-meter freestyle and finished sixth in the final (1:56.98).

===2012 Summer Olympics===
{{see also|Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Medallistas de los 400m libre femenino en Londres 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Schmitt holds up her silver medal at the 400m freestyle, alongside fellow medalists [[Camille Muffat]] and [[Rebecca Adlington]].]]

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{{MedalGold| [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100 m medley relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 London | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

At the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|2012 United States Olympic Trials]] in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Schmitt made the U.S. Olympic team by finishing first in the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle, and third in the 100-meter freestyle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final) |publisher=[[Omega Timing]] |access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001702FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre freestyle (final) |publisher=[[Omega Timing]] |access-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630101757/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001702FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre freestyle (final) |publisher=[[Omega Timing]] |access-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704090430/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |archive-date=July 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In the 200-meter freestyle final, Schmitt broke her own [[List of United States records in swimming|American record]] of 1:54.96 with a time of 1:54.40.

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, Schmitt won a total of five medals: three gold, one silver, and one bronze.<ref name="MichiganRadio15Aug2012">Mercedes, Mejia; White, Jennifer (August 15, 2012). [https://www.michiganradio.org/post/olympic-gold-medalist-allison-schmitt-happy-be-home-canton "Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt happy to be home in Canton"]. ''[[Michigan Radio]]''. Retrieved July 23, 2021.</ref>  In her first event, the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100-meter freestyle relay]], Schmitt won bronze with [[Missy Franklin]], [[Jessica Hardy]] and [[Lia Neal]], with the U.S. team finishing third behind the women's relay teams from Australia and the Netherlands.  Swimming the anchor leg, Schmitt had a split of 53.54 seconds and the team finished with a total time of 3:34.24, an [[List of United States records in swimming|American record]].  Schmitt won the first individual Olympic medal of her career, a silver, in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400-meter freestyle]], and in doing so, set the American record for the event.<ref name="Uhlmann29Jul2012">Uhlmann, Steve (July 29, 2012). [https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/29/3200330/2012-london-olympics-allison-schmitt-women-400m-freestyle "2012 London Olympics: Allison Schmitt Wins Silver In Women's 400m Freestyle"]. ''[[SB Nation]]''. Retrieved July 23, 2021.</ref>  Her time of 4:01.77 was just 0.32 seconds behind winner [[Camille Muffat]].  In her second and last individual event, the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200-meter freestyle]], Schmitt won gold while setting a new Olympic record of 1:53.61, which was also a new American record.  In the race, Schmitt won by a margin of 1.97 seconds over Muffat.  In the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200-meter freestyle relay]], Schmitt earned her second gold after passing Australian [[Alicia Coutts]] and topping the field with a split of 1:54.09 as the anchor leg.  Also on the winning 4×200-meter relay team were Missy Franklin, [[Dana Vollmer]] and [[Shannon Vreeland]].  In her final event, the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-meter medley relay]], Schmitt won gold with Missy Franklin, [[Rebecca Soni]], and Dana Vollmer.  Swimming the freestyle leg, Schmitt recorded a time of 53.25, and the American team went on to set the [[List of world records in swimming|world record]] with a time of 3:52.05, bettering the Chinese-owned record of 3:52.19 set in 2009.

===2015 Pan American Games===
{{see also|Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games}}

After missing both the [[2013 World Aquatics Championships]] and the [[2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]], Schmitt's performance at the 2014 National Championships was enough for the [[2015 Pan American Games]].  The Pan Am Games in Toronto marked her first international tournament since the [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25&nbsp;m)|2012 Short-Course World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=8833&mid=14491 |author=Watkins, Matt |title=ALLISON SCHMITT: GETTING HER SWIMMING GROOVE BACK |date=April 24, 2015 |access-date=July 17, 2015 |publisher=USA Swimming |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721180849/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=8833&mid=14491 |archive-date=July 21, 2015  }}</ref> Schmitt earned the gold in the 200-meter freestyle, and was a member of the teams who won the 4×200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relays, all with competition records.  She also earned a silver in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/extra/panamgames/story/_/id/13272281/pan-games-2015-allison-schmitt-leads-strong-night-pool-united-states |title=Allison Schmitt leads strong night in pool for the United States |publisher=ESPN |date=July 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=1453&itemid=8995&mid=8975 |title=Allison Schmitt Returns To Top Of Podium For First Time Since 2012 Olympics On Controversial Night Of Swimming |website=usaswimming.org |date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721181152/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=1453&itemid=8995&mid=8975 |archive-date=July 21, 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=9003&mid=14491 |title=TEAM USA ADDS THREE GOLD TO WRAP PAN AMERICAN GAMES |website=usaswimming.org |date=July 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817060526/http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=9003&mid=14491 |archive-date=August 17, 2015  }}</ref>

===2016 Summer Olympics===
{{see also|Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio]] | [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio | [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

The [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|2016 United States Olympic Trials]] saw Schmitt finishing fourth at the 200m (1:56.72), qualifying her to the relay team. Schmitt became the ninth American female swimmer to appear in three Olympics, and only she and [[Elizabeth Beisel]] were members of each team since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=15745&mid=14491|title=2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Recap: Wednesday, June 29|website=usaswimming.org|date=June 29, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702163412/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=15745&mid=14491|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> She was named one of the captains of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, alongside Phelps, Beisel, [[Nathan Adrian]], [[Anthony Ervin]], and [[Cammile Adams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-michael-phelps-allison-schmitt-to-serve-as-captains-of-u-s-olympic-swim-team-20160719-story.html|title=Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt to serve as captains of U.S. Olympic swim team|website=The Baltimore Sun |date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> Schmitt earned her seventh Olympic medal by taking part in the qualifying heat of the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]], and during the finals the U.S. team won the silver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownlife.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/06/schmitt-helps-propel-us-into-relay-finals/88348800/|title=Schmitt wins seventh Olympic medal|website=hometownlife.com}}</ref> Schmitt earned her fourth gold medal, and eighth Olympic medal, by swimming in the finals of the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]] with [[Leah Smith (swimmer)|Leah Smith]], [[Maya DiRado]], and [[Katie Ledecky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/11/allison-schmitt-2016-rio-olympics-gold-possible-swan-song/88554180/|title=Seidel: Allison Schmitt possible swan song ends with gold medal in Rio|website=Detroit Free Press|access-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Allison Schmitt and Michael Phelps Rio 2016.jpg|thumbnail|260px|Schmitt(left) and Michael Phelps (right) in Rio 2016]]

===2018 Pan Pacific Championships===
August 2018, Schmitt won a silver medal as part of the women's 4x200-meter relay at the [[2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] swimming the first leg of the relay in a 1:58.62.<ref name="Seiko2018">[http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S80701/all_ranking_eng.pdf "Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018: Total Ranking"]. ''[[Seiko]]''. August 9–12, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref>

===2019 World Aquatics Championships===
In July 2019, Schmitt competed at the [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Gwangju]], [[South Korea]]. She won two silver medals, one in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and one in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.<ref name="2019AWCRB28Jul19">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf "18th FINA World Championships: Results Book"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. July 28, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2021.</ref>

===2021===
====2020 United States Olympic Trials====
On day three of the [[2020 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials]], the 15th of June 2021, Schmitt swam in the prelims of the 200-meter freestyle, ranking 3rd for all prelims heats with a time of 1:57.84.<ref name="OTDay3p15Jun21-200">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.</ref> Later in the same day, Schmitt competed in the semifinals of the same event swimming a 1:57.53, ranking 4th, and advancing to the final.<ref name="OTDay3sf15Jun21-200">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.</ref><ref name="Sutherland15Jun21fpm">Sutherland, James (June 15, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/2021-u-s-olympic-trials-wave-ii-day-3-finals-live-recap/ "2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved June 15, 2021.</ref> During the finals on day four, she placed 2nd in the 200m freestyle with a 1:56.79, once again securing a spot on the Olympic team.<ref name="OTDay4f16Jun21">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.</ref><ref name="Zaccardi16Jun21pm">Zaccardi, Nick (June 16, 2021). [https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/16/katie-ledecky-olympic-trials/ "Katie Ledecky, after chats with legends, wins two races in one night at Olympic Swimming Trials"]. ''[[NBC Sports]]''. Retrieved June 16, 2021.</ref> Schmitt's swim [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualified]] her for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in both the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200-meter freestyle]] individual event and [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200-meter freestyle relay]].<ref name="Sutherland16Jun21fpm">Sutherland, James (June 16, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/2021-u-s-olympic-trials-wave-ii-day-4-finals-live-recap/ "2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved June 16, 2021.</ref> This was the fourth Olympic Team Schmitt qualified for.<ref name="Hart16Jun21">Hart, Torrey (June 16, 2021). [https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/allison-schmitt-31-qualifies-fourth-olympic-swimming-team "Allison Schmitt, 31, qualifies for fourth Olympic swimming team"]. ''[[NBC Olympics]]''. Retrieved June 17, 2021.</ref>

On day five of competition, Schmitt swam in the morning prelims of the 100-meter freestyle finishing with a time of 54.78, ranking 11th, and qualifying for the semifinals.<ref name="OTdayday5p17Jun21">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.</ref><ref name="Anderson17Jun21am">Anderson, Jared (June 17, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/2021-u-s-olympic-trials-wave-ii-day-5-prelims-live-recap/ "2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved June 17, 2021.</ref> In the semifinals, Schmitt placed 6th swimming a 54.08 and qualifying for the final.<ref name="OTday5sf17Jun21">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.</ref> She swam a 54.12 in the final, finishing in sixth place, and giving her the potential of swimming on the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100-meter freestyle relay]] at the 2020 Summer Olympics for Team USA.<ref name="OTDay6f18Jun21">[https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave II: Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary"]. ''[[Omega Timing]]''. June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="Sutherland18Jun21pmf">Sutherland, James (June 18, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/2021-u-s-olympic-trials-wave-ii-day-6-finals-live-recap/ "2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 6 Finals Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved June 18, 2021.</ref>

====2020 Summer Olympics====
{{see also|Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|header=[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle relay]] | 7:40.73 (AM) }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle relay]] | 3:32.81 }}
{{MedalBottom}}

Schmitt was selected to serve as a USA swim team captain at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], making it the second time she had been selected to serve as an Olympic team captain and making her the only second-time American swim team captain at the 2020 Olympics.<ref name="Dornan5Jul21">Dornan, Ben (July 5, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/murphy-dressel-schmitt-manuel-named-2020-usa-olympic-swimming-captains/ "Murphy, Dressel, Schmitt & Manuel Named 2020 USA Olympic Swimming Captains"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved July 5, 2021.</ref><ref name="Hart26Jul2021"/>

On day one of competition at the Olympic Games, Schmitt swam in the prelims of the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100-meter freestyle relay]], helping the relay finish fifth overall and advance to the final.<ref name="Sutherland24Jul2021">Sutherland, James (July 24, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/tokyo-2020-olympics-day-1-prelims-live-recap/ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> In the final, the relay finished third and Schmitt won a bronze medal for her efforts on the relay in the prelims.<ref name="TDN24Jul2021">[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/24/local-swimmers-allison-schmitt-catie-deloof-take-bronze-4-x-100-freestyle/8084964002/ "Local swimmers Allison Schmitt, Catie DeLoof take bronze in 4x100 freestyle"]. ''[[The Detroit News]]''. July 24, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>

In the prelims of the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200-meter freestyle]] on July 26, Schmitt qualified in 12th place for the semifinals with her time of 1:57.10.<ref name="Anderson26Jul2021">Anderson, Jared (July 26, 2021). [https://swimswam.com/tokyo-2020-olympics-day-3-prelims-live-recap/ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved July 26, 2021.</ref><ref name="Murphy26Jul2021">Murphy, Bryan (July 26, 2021). [https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/tokyo-olympics/ledecky-advances-semifinals-200m-finals-1500m-freestyle "Ledecky Advances to Semifinals in 200m, Finals in 1500m Freestyle"]. ''[[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]''. Retrieved July 26, 2021.</ref> The next day, Schmitt finished tenth overall with a time of 1:56.87 in the semifinals and did not qualify for the final.<ref name="Hart26Jul2021">Hart, Torrey (July 26, 2021). [https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/2012-olympic-champion-allison-schmitt-misses-out-200m-freestyle-final-tokyo "2012 Olympic champion Allison Schmitt misses out on 200m freestyle final in Tokyo"]. ''[[NBC Olympics]]''. Retrieved July 26, 2021.</ref>

On day six of competition, Schmitt swam the first leg of the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200-meter freestyle relay]] in the final of the event and helped the relay set a new [[List of Americas records in swimming|Americas record]] of 7:40.73 and win the silver medal.<ref name="Mizoguchi28Jul2021">Mizoguchi, Karen (July 29, 2021). [https://people.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-katie-ledecky-allison-schmitt-silver-us-womens-relay-team/ "Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt Lead U.S. Women's 4x200m Relay Team to Silver Medal at Tokyo Olympics"]. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. Retrieved July 29, 2021.</ref><ref name="IOC1Aug2021">[[Omega Timing]]; [[Atos]] (August 1, 2021). [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807054827/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf |date=August 7, 2021 }}. ''[[International Olympic Committee]]''. Retrieved October 25, 2021.</ref> Schmitt's employment of a slow lead-off [[Tactic (method)|tactic]], that is purposefully swimming a slower first leg of a relay to motivate the second, third, and fourth swimmers to split faster times than the first swimmer, caught the attention of ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine who made her one of the headliners in an article published about the race as well as the [[USA Swimming]] Foundation who nominated her for a [[Golden Goggle Awards|Golden Goggle Award]] for "Relay Performance of the Year" as part of the relay team.<ref name="Mizoguchi28Jul2021"/><ref name="USAS13Oct2021">[https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2021/10/13/olympic-stars-headline-usa-swimming-golden-goggle-awards-nominees "Olympic Stars Headline USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards Nominees"]. ''[[USA Swimming]]''. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>

==Personal bests==
{{updated|July 31, 2012}}.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" | Long course
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Event'''
| align="center" | '''Time'''
| align="center" | '''Meet'''
| align="center" | '''Date'''
| align="center" | '''Note(s)'''
|-
| 100&nbsp;m freestyle || align="center" | '''53.80'''
| 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series - Des Moines
| March 5, 2020
| 
|-
| 200&nbsp;m freestyle || align="center" | '''1:53.61'''
| [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
| July 31, 2012
| '''[[List of Americas records in swimming|AM]]''', '''[[List of United States records in swimming|NR]]'''
|-
| 400&nbsp;m freestyle || align="center" | '''4:01.77'''
| 2012 Summer Olympics
| July 29, 2012
|
|}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|AM=yes|code1=NR|legend1=[[List of United States records in swimming|American record]]}}

== Awards and honors ==
* 2012 [[Golden Goggle Awards#Relay Performance of the Year|Golden Goggle Award]], Relay Performance of the Year: [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100-meter freestyle relay]]<ref name="Wilson19Nov2012">Wilson, Jenny (November 19, 2012). [https://swimswam.com/golden-goggles-award-winners/ "Golden Goggles: Award Winners"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>
* 2012 ''[[SwimSwam]]'' [[Swammy Awards|Swammy Award]], Swimmer of the Year (female)<ref name="Keith8Jan2013">Keith, Braden (January 8, 2013). [https://swimswam.com/2012-swammy-award-female-swimmer-of-the-year/ "2012 Swammy Award: Female Swimmer Of The Year"]. ''[[SwimSwam]]''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>
* 2013 [[Honda Sports Award]] (Swimming & Diving)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/allison-schmitt-wins-coveted-honda-sports-award-for-swimming/|title=Allison Schmitt Wins Coveted Honda Sports Award for Swimming|date=2013-05-02|website=Swimming World News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/swimdive|title=Swimming & Diving|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
* 2015 [[Golden Goggle Awards#Perseverance Award|Golden Goggle Award]], Perseverance Award<ref name="SI23Nov2015">[https://www.si.com/uncategorized/2015/11/23/ap-swm-golden-goggles-1st-ld-writethru "Ledecky wins 3 trophies; Phelps earns 1 at Golden Goggles"]. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. November 23, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref>
* 2019 [[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/sports/2019/10/06/michigan-sports-hall-fame-induction-ceremonies/3888102002/ |title=2019 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony |website=detroitnews.com |date=October 5, 2019 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
* 2021 [[Golden Goggle Awards|Golden Goggle Award]] nominee, Relay Performance of the Year: [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200-meter freestyle relay]]<ref name="USAS13Oct2021"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists]]
* [[List of United States records in swimming]]
* [[List of University of Georgia people]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of world records in swimming]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
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==External links==
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