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Lydia Jacoby

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Lydia Alice Jacoby (born February 29, 2004) is an American professional swimmer. She was the first Alaskan to qualify for an Olympic Games in swimming, competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, where she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.95, which was the fastest time ever achieved by a female American swimmer in the event in the 17–18 age group. Later in the year, she was the overall highest scoring female American competitor at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup. In 2022, she became the fastest female American swimmer in history in the 100-yard breaststroke for the 17–18 age group with a national age group record time of 57.54 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Lydia Jacoby is the 813th most popular swimmer (down from 754th in 2024), the 21,427th most popular biography from United States (down from 20,273rd in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Lydia Jacoby ranks 813 out of 709. Before her are Aika Hakoyama, Courtney Shealy, Yauhen Tsurkin, Sidni Hoxha, Tamsin Cook, and Vladyslava Aleksiyiva. After her are Zhu Qianwei, Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Ryo Tateishi, Fabio Scozzoli, Margherita Panziera, and Georgia Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2004, Lydia Jacoby ranks 127. Before her are Millie Gibson, Jordan Stolz, Tom Rothe, Habib Diarra, Willy Kambwala, and Erriyon Knighton. After her are Sterling Jerins, Sōta Kitano, Su Yiming, Adriana Vilagoš, Carlos Forbs, and Guan Chenchen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lydia Jacoby ranks 21,435 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Sacre (1989), Shotzi Blackheart (1992), Carissa Moore (1992), Pete Reed (1981), Kiawentiio (2006), and Dax McCarty (1987). After her are Sterling Jerins (2004), Chuck Hayes (1983), Darius Morris (1991), Elley Duhé (1992), Aidy Bryant (1987), and Lawson Craddock (1992).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Lydia Jacoby ranks 191. Before her are Kara Lynn Joyce (1985), Erik Vendt (1981), Kate Douglass (2001), Lacey Nymeyer (1985), Nick Thoman (1986), and Courtney Shealy (1977). After her are Haley Anderson (1991), Melanie Margalis (1991), Townley Haas (1996), Torri Huske (2002), Michael Andrew (1999), and Haley Cope (1979).

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