Kim Vandenberg
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Kimberly Vandenberg (born December 13, 1983)[1] is an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Vandenberg grew up in Moraga, California, and swam for Campolindo High School and Orinda Aquatics. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, swimming in the preliminary heats of the relay event. She also won silver medals at the 2005 World University Games, and at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in the women's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later, she won a gold medal in the same event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara.
Vandenberg attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and swam for the UCLA Bruins women's swimming and diving team. She graduated from UCLA in 2007.[2] Being one of the only U.S. Olympic swimmers to choose to train abroad, she returned to Brooklyn, in 2013[3] and trains with the New York Athletic Club,[4] under head coach Romain Barnier, a former Olympian. "We have a really interesting group of international swimmers who have different experiences and who all learn from each other. It's a unique experience", said Vandenberg in an interview with Gary Hall, Sr.[5]
Vandenberg saw the benefits of training abroad and viewing the world's different training methods.[6][7]
Vandenberg is an ambassador for Room to Read, an organization that focuses on literacy and gender equality in education,[8] and for Up2Us Sports.[9]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of California, Los Angeles people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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- ↑ Vandenberg, Kim. Interview by Gary Wayne Hall. The Race Club, 8 March 2011. Web. 22 February 2015. <http://www.theraceclub.com/videos/interview-kim-vandenberg Template:Webarchive>
- ↑ "Fitter & Faster." Swim Clinics With Kim Vandenberg. SwimOutlet, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
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