Julia Smit

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American swimmer

Julia Elizabeth Smit (born December 14, 1987) is an American compe*ion swimmer, two-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. She has won a total of nine medals in major international compe*ion, six golds, two silvers, and one bronze spanning the Olympics and Pan American Games.

1 Personal
2 Swimming career
- 2.1 2007–08
- 2.2 2009
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Personal

She graduated from Mount Sinai High School in Long Island, New York. Both of her parents were born in the Netherlands. Her father, Peter, is a swim coach. Smit has an older brother, Mike, and a younger brother, Kevin, who are also swimmers. Smit attended Stanford University, where she was an anthropology major and a member of the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team.

Swimming career

As a high school student-athlete, Smit set New York state records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley, swimming with the Three Village Swim Club.

Smit received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she was a five-time national champion for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team, having won the 400-yard individual medley three times (2008, 2009, 2010) and the 200-yard individual medley twice (2009, 2010). Smit is the current American record holder in the 200 and 400-yard individual medley (short course), and 200 and 400-meter individual medley (short course). Smit received the 2009–10 Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.

2007–08

At the 2007 Pan American Games, Smit won the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m IM, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, and 4 × 100 m medley relay. Smit also won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke.

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Smit finished third in the 200-meter freestyle and sixth in the 100-meter freestyle, earning berths for the 4x100 and 4×200-meter freestyle relays. Smit also finished third in the 400-meter individual medley at the trials. Smit was a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the bronze medal-winning team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, swimming in the preliminary heats of both relay events.

On November 28, 2008, Smit set her first world record at the Canada Cup in Toronto, Ontario, breaking Kirsty Coventry's short course 400-meter individual medley record.

2009

At the 2009 U.S. National Championships and World Championship Trials, Smit won her first national *le in the 200-meter individual medley in 2:09.34, setting a new American record. Smit also placed second in the 400-meter individual medley, and fourth in the 100-meter freestyle with a career-best 54.38. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Smit placed ninth in the 200-meter individual medley (2:10.29), barely missing a place in the final. Smit also swam in the preliminaries of the 4×100-meter freestyle, which placed fourth in the final, and the freestyle leg of the 4×100-meter medley relay, which did not advance to the final.

At the 2009 Duel in the Pool, Smit reclaimed the world record in the short course 400 m individual medley with a time of 4:21.04. One day later, she also broke the world record in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 2:04.60.

References

External links

Julia Smit at USA Swimming
Julia Smit at FINA
Julia Smit at TeamUSA.org
Julia Smit at Olympics.com
Julia Smit at Olympedia
Julia Smit at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Julia Smit – Stanford Cardinal athlete bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-24)

Honda Cup

1976: Harris
1978: Meyers
1979: Lieberman
1980: Shea
1981: Sterkel
1982: Caulkins
1983: De. Collins
1984: Caulkins & C. Miller
1985: Joyner
1986: Ethridge
1987: Meagher
1988: Weatherspoon
1989: Huber
1990: Favor
1991: Staley
1992: Marlowe
1993: L. Fernandez
1994: Hamm
1995: Lobo
1996: Rizzotti
1997: Daws
1998: Holdsclaw
1999: May
2000: Teuscher
2001: Stiles
2002: A. Williams
2003: Watley
2004: Kirk
2005: Nnamani
2006: Sinclair
2007: Pavan
2008: Parker
2009: Kupets
2010: Hodge & Moore
2011: Moore
2012: Griner
2013: Ricketts
2014: Jacob
2015: Franklin
2016: B. Stewart
2017: Ledecky
2018: Manuel
2019: Garcia
2020: No award
2021: Garcia

Inspiration

1988: Roethlisberger
1989: Jacobs
1990: Robertson
1991: T. Nichols
1992: Stepp
1993: Mead
1994: H. Scott
1995: A. Johnson
1996: Carson
1998: H. Anderson
1999: J. Jones
2000: Olson
2001: Berner
2002: Koetsier
2003: McPherson
2004: Gunn
2005: Kroon
2006: Payne
2007: Kohut
2008: Knight
2009: Hester
2010: Cobb
2011: Breland
2012: Delle Donne
2013: Mingo
2014: Gilliland
2015: McGee-Stafford
2016: Fogle
2017: N. Stafford
2018: Cunningham
2019: Fessler
2020: No award
2021: O'Neal

Div II

1988: Brinton
1989: Cobbs
1990: Hardy
1991: Saunders
1992: Hand
1993: C. Allen
1994: Metro
1995: Coetzee
1996: Clarkson
1997: Morlock
1998: Penner
1999: Almazan
2000: Even
2001: Martin
2002: N. Duncan
2003: Gregg
2004: Gomez
2005: Lewallen
2006: Erb
2007: Hanavan
2008: Braegelmann
2009: Erb
2010: McNamara
2011: Macy
2012: Daugherty
2013: Daugherty
2014: Battista
2015: Dickinson
2016: Oren
2017: Muscaro
2018: Kurgat
2019: Reiss
2020: No award

Div III

1988: Beachy
1989: Prineas
1990: Grierson
1991: Gilbert
1992: K. Oden
1993: Carter
1994: Ainsworth
1995: Albers
1996: Swan
1997: Ta. Johnson
1998: Speckman
1999: Schade
2000: Fischer
2001: Rogers
2002: Bergofsky
2003: Hysell
2004: M. Gordon
2005: Buttry
2006: Silva
2007: Bondi
2008: Zerzan
2009: Huston
2010: Borner
2011: Stern
2012: Hagensen
2013: Fournier
2014: Cazzolla
2015: Fournier
2016: Moss
2017: Crist
2018: Chong
2019: Temple
2020: No award

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