Claire Curzan (born June 30, 2004) is an American

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. She is a world junior record holder in the

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50 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly and the

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50 meter butterfly and 100 meter butterfly. She is an American record holder in the short course 50 meter backstroke and 50 meter butterfly and formerly held the American record in the 100 yard butterfly. As a 15-year-old at the 2019 World Junior Championships, she won medals in three individual events, silver in the 100 meter backstroke and bronze in the 50 meter and 100 meter butterfly. At the

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she won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay for her contribution swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims and in her individual event, the 100 meter butterfly, she placed tenth. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, she won bronze medals in the 50 meter butterfly and 100 meter butterfly. In 2022, she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke at the

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and silver medals in the 50 meter backstroke and 200 meter backstroke as well as a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

Early life and education

Curzan was raised in

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and started swimming when she was three years old. She graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School in

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in 2022. In October 2021, she committed to competing collegiately for

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, where she started competing for the school team in the fall of 2022.Lepesant, Anne (October 3, 2021)
"#1 In 2022, Olympic Silver Medalist Claire Curzan Makes Her College Choice"
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''. Retrieved October 12, 2021."2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster: Claire Curzan"
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''. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

Swimming career

2019

2019 World Junior Championships

When she was 15 years of age, Curzan competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in

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, winning a total of four medals, of which three were in individual events.OlympicTalk (November 13, 2020)
"Claire Curzan, 16, flies into the Olympic swimming picture"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021. On August 21, she won her first medal of the Championships, a silver medal in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 1:00.00.

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(August 21, 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021. She followed her silver medal up with a bronze medal on August 23 in the 50 meter butterfly, where she finished third in 25.81 seconds, just 0.11 seconds behind the gold medalist in the event and fellow American Torri Huske.

(August 23, 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021. On the final day of competition, August 25, she finished third in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 58.37, winning the bronze medal and missing out on the gold medal to Torri Huske.

(August 25, 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021. She wrapped up her competition swimming backstroke on the 4×100 meter medley relay, splitting a time of 1:00.75 and helping the relay win the

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in a time of 3:59.13.

(August 25, 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021.

2020–2021

As a 16-year-old in August 2020, Curzan set a new National Age Group record in the 100 yard butterfly for the girls 15–16 age group with a time of 49.73 seconds. In November, at the 2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, she won the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly with a Championships record of 56.61 seconds, the bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle with a 54.93, and placed fourth in the 50 meter freestyle with a 25.23 and the 100 meter backstroke with a 1:00.30.Hy-Tek (November 16, 2020)
"2020 Toyota US Open Championships: Compiled Results"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023. At the 2021 TAC Titans Premier Meet, conducted in long course meters in April, she became the second-fastest female American performer ever in the 100 meter

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, with a time of 56.20 seconds that moved her up in rankings behind fastest female American

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and ahead of third-fastest female American Kelsi Dahlia.Lepesant, Anne (April 10, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Goes 56.20 in the 100 Fly; Passes Dahlia for #2 American All-Time"
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''. Retrieved November 21, 2021. The 56.20 was a girls 15–16 and 17–18 national age group record and a world junior record.Ross, Andy (April 12, 2021)
"Amidst Craziness, Claire Curzan's 100 Fly NAG Record Was Also a World Junior Record"
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''. Retrieved March 8, 2023. The following month, at the 2021 TAC Spring Invitational, she set a new world junior record in the long course 50 meter freestyle with a time of 24.17 seconds.Dornan, Ben (May 14, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Lowers World Junior Record In 50 Free - 24.17"
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''. Retrieved March 7, 2023. Two days later at the invitational, she set a new girls 15–16 national age group record in the long course 100 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 53.55 seconds, breaking the former record of 53.63 seconds by

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in 2011.Dornan, Ben (May 16, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Downs Missy Franklin's 100 Freestyle NAG - 53.55"
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''. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

2020 Olympic Trials

In 2021, Curzan placed second in the final of the 100 meter butterfly at the US Olympic Team Trials in

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with a time of 56.43 seconds, qualifying her for the 2020 US Olympic Team.Hunt, Loretta (July 23, 2021)
"US butterfly prodigy Claire Curzan: 'Everyone gawked at this girl who liked to swim fast'"
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''. Retrieved October 12, 2021. The 2020 Olympic Games were the first

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she qualified to compete at, making her just 16 years old when she qualified and 17 years old at her Olympic debut.Mazur, Joe (June 16, 2021)
"'It doesn't feel real:' 16-year-old from Cary makes US Olympic team for summer games in Tokyo"
'' ABC 11''. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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and held in 2021 due to the

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, Curzan placed tenth in the 100 meter butterfly and won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay for her contribution swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims.

;

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"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
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''. Retrieved October 12, 2021. The silver medal she won for her efforts as part of the prelims relay consisting of herself,

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(backstroke),

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(breaststroke), and

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(freestyle) was her first

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of any kind.Pelletier, Justin (August 2, 2021)
"Cary's Claire Curzan had one last shot at an Olympic medal. Here's how she did"
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''. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Curzan was announced to the United States team for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in late October, with the announcement of the team earning the number two spot for "The Week That Was" honor from ''

''."2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Roster"
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''. October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.Rieder, David (November 1, 2021)
"The Week That Was: Chalmers Takes Down 13-Year-Old World Record"
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''. Retrieved November 20, 2021. Building up her

racing prowess in advance of the 2021 World Championships, she broke the national high school records, both overall and independent records for each event, in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 57.08 seconds, in the 50 meter freestyle with a 24.94, and in the 100 meter backstroke where she set the new record at 58.40 seconds.Rieder, David (November 20, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Smashes Three Short Course Meters National High School Records in Chattanooga"
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''. Retrieved November 20, 2021. Her three records captured the number three spot for "The Week That Was" honor for the week of November 22.Shay, Ashleigh (November 22, 2021)
"The Week That Was: Regan Smith Crushes Signature Events at NC State Invitational"
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''. Retrieved November 22, 2021. Prior to the start of competition, Curzan entered to compete in three individual events, the 50 meter freestyle, 50 meter butterfly, and 100 meter butterfly.

(December 14, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Entries Book"
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''. Retrieved December 14, 2021. Commencing competition on day one, she swam in both the prelims and the final of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, helping achieve a gold medal-win in the final with a time of 3:28.52, splitting a 52.25 for the second leg of the relay.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.Moss, Bonnie (December 16, 2021)
"U.S. Women Win Gold on First Day of 2021 FINA World Championships (25m)"
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''. Retrieved December 16, 2021.OlympicTalk (December 16, 2021)
"U.S. swimmings wins five medals, ties for gold, on first day of short course worlds"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. In the morning of day two, she split a 24.87 for the butterfly leg of the 4×50 meter medley relay in the prelims heats, helping advance the relay to the final ranked first.

(December 17, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 17, 2021. She split a 24.56 for the same leg in the final, helping achieve a silver-medal-winning time of 1:43.61 with finals relay teammates Rhyan White,

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, and

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(December 17, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 17, 2021.Moss, Bonnie (December 17, 2021)
"Casas' Gold Leads Way for U.S. on FINA World Championships (25m) Night Two"
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''. Retrieved December 17, 2021. She qualified for the semifinals of the 50 meter butterfly in the morning prelims session on day three, ranking fourth with her time of 25.17 seconds.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. In the evening she qualified for the final of the 50 meter butterfly with a time of 25.20 seconds, which tied her with

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and Torri Huske for fifth-rank heading into the final.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. For the final of the 4×50 meter mixed medley relay, she helped win the silver medal in a time of 1:37.04, swimming a 24.85 for the butterfly leg of the relay.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. In the final of the 50 meter butterfly on day four, Curzan won the bronze medal with a world junior record, Americas record, and American record time of 24.55 seconds.

(December 19, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 19, 2021.Hamann, Michael (December 19, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Breaks American, World Junior Records In 50 Fly"
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''. Retrieved December 19, 2021.Lohn, John (December 19, 2021)
"Claire Curzan, Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Set American Records at Short Course Worlds Championships"
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''. Retrieved December 19, 2021. In the prelims heats on day five, she ranked second in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 56.46, less than half a second slower than first-ranked

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, and qualified for the semifinals in the evening.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Later in the morning, she swam a 24.11 in the prelims of the 50 meter freestyle and qualified for the semifinals ranking eighth.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Starting her competition in the evening, she tied the world junior record in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 55.64 seconds in the semifinals and qualified for the final ranking second.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021.Sutherland, James (December 20, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Matches World Junior Record In 100 Fly Semis – 55.64"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021.Rieder, David (December 20, 2021)
"Ilya Borodin, Yu Yiting, Claire Curzan Set World Junior Record in Abu Dhabi"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Finishing her day five events, she qualified for the final of the 50 meter freestyle ranked sixth with a time of 23.80 seconds in the semifinals.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. For her first final on the sixth and final day of competition, Curzan won a gold medal in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay with a relay time of 1:34.22 and to which she contributed a split of 23.40 seconds for the second leg of the relay.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.Sagendorph, Kyle (December 21, 2021)
"U.S. Wraps with 30 Medals, Team of the Meet Honors at 2021 FINA World Championships (25m)"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021. In her second final, she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter butterfly with a world junior record-setting time of 55.39 seconds, which was less than four-tenths of a second slower than the 55.04 swam by gold medalist Margaret MacNeil of

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(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.Rieder, David (December 21, 2021)
"Claire Curzan Lowers 100 Fly World Junior Record During Grueling Final Night at Short Course Worlds"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.Sutherland, James (December 21, 2021)
"MacNeil Downs Canadian, Curzan Resets World Junior Record In 100 Fly Final"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021. In her third final of the session, she placed sixth in the 50 meter freestyle behind fifth-place finisher and teammate Abbey Weitzeil with a 23.91.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021. In her fourth of four finals for the day, she helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 meter medley relay alongside finals relay teammates

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(backstroke), Emily Escobedo (breaststroke), and Abbey Weitzeil (freestyle), splitting a 55.61 for the butterfly leg of the relay.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

2022

In February 2022, Curzan set a new national high school record in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 50.47 seconds, which was over four-tenths of a second faster than the previous record from 2020 by Phoebe Bacon of 50.89 seconds.Brandes, Chandler (February 6, 2022)
"Claire Curzan Takes Down National High School 100 Back Record in 50.47"
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''. Retrieved February 6, 2022. The next week, at the year's North Carolina High School State Championships, she set a new American record in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 49.24 seconds and broke her national high school record in the 100 yard backstroke with a 49.61.Rieder, David (February 10, 2022)
"Claire Curzan Breaks 100 Butterfly American Record and 100 Back High School Record at North Carolina High School State Meet"
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''. Retrieved February 10, 2022.Edmund, Emma (February 10, 2022)
"Claire Curzan Breaks American Record In 100 Fly"
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''. Retrieved February 11, 2022. At the 2022 US International Team Trials in April, she qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team in the 100 meter freestyle, 100 meter backstroke, 50 meter butterfly, and 100 meter butterfly."2022 FINA World Championships Roster: Version 4"
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''. May 5, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

2022 World Championships

At the

, held at

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in Budapest, Hungary, Curzan won her first medal of

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in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay on day one, anchoring the relay with a 52.71 in the final to help win the bronze medal in 3:32.58.

(June 18, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved February 28, 2023. The next day, she placed fifth in the final of the 100 meter butterfly with a 56.74, which was over one second behind gold medalist Torri Huske.Li, Yanyan (June 21, 2022)
"Cardinal women make a splash amid 2022 World Championships"
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''. Retrieved February 28, 2023. On June 20, day three, she won her first medal in an individual event, finishing third to win the bronze medal in the final of the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 58.67 seconds that was 1.10 seconds faster than the fourth-place finisher and 0.45 seconds slower than the first-place finisher.Sampl, Emily (June 21, 2022)
"U.S. Collects Another Six-Medal Haul in Budapest"
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''. Retrieved February 28, 2023. In the final of the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay the following day, she followed

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(backstroke),

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(breaststroke), and Torri Huske (butterfly), with a 52.62 for the freestyle leg of the relay to help finish in a time of 3:38.79 and win the gold medal.

(June 21, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023. Two days later, Curzan swam a 53.81 in the final of the

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, finishing 1.14 seconds behind gold medalist

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to place eighth.

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(June 23, 2022)
"Los Podios Del Jueves En El Mundial De Natación De Budapest"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023. The finals session of the following day, she started off with a fifth-place finish in the 50 meter butterfly in a personal best time of 25.43 seconds.

(June 24, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023. She concluded the evening session winning a bronze medal in the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay in a 3:21.09 achieved with finals relay teammates

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, and Torri Huske.Li, Yanyan (July 1, 2022)
"Cardinal swimmers finish with 14 medals at World Championships"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023. She won her second gold medal and final medal of the Championships on the eighth and final day, anchoring the 4×100 meter medley relay to a first-place finish 0.47 seconds ahead of the second-place team from Australia in a final time of 3:53.78.

(June 25, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2023.

2022 World Short Course Championships

On day one of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December in

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, Australia, Curzan won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, contributing a 51.59 to the final, and an Americas and American record, time of 3:26.29 for the third leg of the relay in the final.

(December 13, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. The second day, she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke with a personal best time of 55.74 seconds that tied Ingrid Wilm of Canada.Dakers, Alex (January 8, 2023)
"Stanford's Curzan, Huske and Ruck shine with 17 medals at Short Course World Championships"
''

''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. Later in the session, she tied for fifth-place with

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in the final of the 50 meter butterfly, finishing in a time of 24.92 seconds.

(December 14, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. Day three, she won her first gold medal of the Championships in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay, helping finish first in the final in a

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, Americas, and American record time of 1:33.89. In the final of the 50 meter backstroke on day four, Curzan set a new American record with a personal best time of 25.54 seconds and finished 0.29 seconds behind Margaret MacNeil, who set a new world record in the event, to win the silver medal.Zacharias, Sidney (December 16, 2022)
"Claire Curzan Blasts 25.54 50 Back American Record"
''

''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. Approximately 20 minutes later, she ranked twelfth in the semifinals of the 50 meter freestyle with a 24.22, 0.85 seconds behind first-ranked Katarzyna Wasick of

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, and did not advance to the final.

(December 16, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. Day five, she started the evening session off with a silver medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay, where she swam a 25.75 for the backstroke portion of the relay to contribute to a final time of 1:42.41.

(December 17, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. She finished her evening competition for the day in the semifinals of the 100 meter butterfly, ranking fifth with a 56.37 before withdrawing from competing in the final.

(December 17, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved March 6, 2023. For her first of two finals on day six of six, Curzan won the silver medal in the 200 meter backstroke with a personal best time of 2:00.53, finishing 1.27 seconds behind gold medalist and world record holder in the event

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of Australia. In her second of two finals, and her tenth event of the Championships, she won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay in a

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time of 3:44.35, contributing a 56.47 for the backstroke leg of the relay.

(December 18, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

2023

2023 Pac-12 Championships

Stating off the first collegiate championships season of her

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career on the first day of the 2023

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Championships, held in February at the

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, Curzan led-off with a 23.34 for the backstroke leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay, helping place second in 1:35.42.Hy-Tek (February 22, 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 Pac-12 Women's Swimming & Diving Champs"
''teamunify.com''. Retrieved February 22, 2023."Cal and Stanford Lead After Day One of Pac-12 Championships"
''

''. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023. The following day she won her first conference title in the 4×50 yard freestyle relay, where she contributed a 21.59 to a final time of 1:25.98 for the lead-off leg of the relay."Stanford grabs the lead on day two after back-to-back wins"
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''. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023."Stanford Goes for Gold"
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''. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023. After a disqualification in the final of the 100 yard butterfly on day three, she rebounded to win the first individual event conference title of her collegiate career in the 100 yard backstroke, where she set a new Championships record with a time of 49.46, which lowered the mark 0.04 seconds from the previous record set by Regan Smith one year earlier."Stanford increases its lead on day three of Pac-12 Championships"
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''. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023. The 49.46 also set a new girls 17–18 national age group record in the event.Zacharias, Sidney (February 25, 2023)
"Claire Curzan Lowers Her Own 17-18 100 Back NAG In 49.46"
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''. Retrieved February 25, 2023. In her third event of the evening, she finished the backstroke leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay in 49.76 seconds to help win the conference title with a final mark of 3:25.79."Four Event Titles"
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''. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023. For her first event on the final day, Curzan won the gold medal and conference title in the 200 yard backstroke with a Championships record of 1:47.43, which was 0.84 seconds faster than the former record of 1:48.27 by

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in 2018."2023 Pac-12 Women's Swimming & Diving Champs: Results Saturday Finals"
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''. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023."Dominant Display"
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''. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023."Stanford's Claire Curzan joins Pac-12 Networks following meet record 200 backstroke at Pac-12 championships"
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''. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023. In her second of two events she won the conference title as well, this time anchoring with a 47.15 for the 4×100 yard freestyle relay to help finish first in 3:08.83.

2023 NCAA Championships

In the 4×50 yard medley relay on day one of the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships in

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, Curzan helped place ninth in a final time of 1:35.44.Hy-Tek (March 15, 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 NCAA DI Women's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved March 15, 2023."NCAA Kickoff"
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''. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023. For the 4×50 yard freestyle relay the next day, she swam the second 50 yard portion of the relay in 20.98 seconds, contributing to a final time of 1:25.70 and a silver medal-win."Program Record and Silver Medals"
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''. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023. In her first final on the evening of day three, she placed fourth in the 100 yard butterfly with a time 50.09 seconds. She improved to a third-place finish in her second final of the evening, the 100 yard backstroke, winning the bronze medal with a time of 50.08 seconds that was 1.82 seconds behind gold medalist

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."Moving On Up"
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''. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023. Concluding the day in her third final of the evening, for the 4×100 yard medley relay, she helped finish in 3:26.10 and place fourth. On the fourth and final day, she won her first NCAA title in an individual event, finishing first in a time of 1:47.64 in the 200 yard backstroke.Li, Yanyan (March 18, 2023)
"Claire Curzan Wins 200 Back Redemption NCAA Title, Swims #6 Performance Ever (1:47.64)"
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''. Retrieved March 18, 2023.Rieder, David (March 18, 2023)
"NCAA Championships: Claire Curzan Secures First NCAA Title in 200 Backstroke; Bacon Edges Stadden for Second"
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''. Retrieved March 18, 2023."Third Place Finish"
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''. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023. In her final event, she anchored the 4×100 yard freestyle relay to a silver medal-win in 3:08.54, splitting a 46.85.

International championships

: Curzan swam only in the prelims heats. : Curzan withdrew after placing 5th in semi finals.

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

World records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

split 56.47 (backstroke leg); with

(breaststroke leg), Torri Huske (butterfly leg),

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(freestyle leg)

Continental and national records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Legend: WR –

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; AM – Americas record; NR – American record; WJ – World junior record

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Legend: NR – American record

Awards and honors

, Freshman of the Year (women's swimming): 2022–2023"Pac-12 Swim Awards Sweep"
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''. March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023. * ''

'' Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 15–16 (female): 2021Lepesant, Anne (3 January 2022)
"2021 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 15-16"
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''. Retrieved 4 January 2022. * ''

'', The Week That Was: November 1, 2021 (#2), November 22, 2021 (#3), February 7, 2022 (#1)Shay, Ashleigh (7 February 2022)
"The Week That Was: Claire Curzan Takes Down National High School 100 Back Record in 50.47"
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''. Retrieved 7 February 2022. * ''SwimSwam'', Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#47),Anderson, Jared (February 11, 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #50 — #41"
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''. Retrieved October 11, 2021. 2022 (#26)Sutherland, James (January 17, 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #30-21"
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''. Retrieved January 17, 2022. *

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, Swim of the Week: February 11, 2022Sutherland, James (February 11, 2022)
"Arena Swim Of The Week: Claire Curzan Downs Regan Smith's 100 Back NAG In 49.61"
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''. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curzan, Claire Living people 2004 births American female swimmers American female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Cary, North Carolina Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American women Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Early life and education

Swimming career

2019

2019 World Junior Championships

2020–2021

2020 Olympic Trials

2020 Summer Olympics

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022

2022 World Championships

2022 World Short Course Championships

2023

2023 Pac-12 Championships

2023 NCAA Championships

International championships

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

World records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Continental and national records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Awards and honors

See also

References

External links