Kieran Smith (born May 20, 2000) is an American swimmer specializing in

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and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the long course 400-meter freestyle and the American record holder in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 400-meter freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the

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and the gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. Following a fourth-place finish in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the

, he won gold medals in the event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships,

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( long course), and the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

Early life and education

Smith grew up in Ridgefield, Connecticut and graduated from Ridgefield High School in 2018. Smith attends the University of Florida where he competes collegiately as part of the

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and set the American and NCAA records in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:06.32 at the 2020 SEC Championships.

Career

Early career

In 2016 and 2017 Smith was named Connecticut High School Coaches Association "Swimmer of the Year". In 2017, he qualified for the US National Junior Team and earned a silver medal at the 2017 Junior World Championships in the 200-meter individual medley. FINA (August 24, 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. He also placed fourth in the 400-meter individual medley and eleventh in the 200-meter backstroke at the Championships. FINA (August 28, 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017: Complete Results Book"
''

''. Retrieved February 2, 2022. At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China in December 2018, Smith placed 13th in the prelims heats of the 400-meter individual medley with a 4:08.52. FINA (December 15, 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships 2018 Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved January 8, 2022. In the prelims heats of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, Smith led-off the relay consisting of him, Jack Conger, Jacob Pebley, and

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with a 1:43.30 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking second. FINA (December 14, 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships 2018 Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved January 8, 2022. For the finals relay, all prelims relay members except for Zach Harting were substituted out and the relay placed fourth overall. FINA (December 14, 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships 2018 Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved January 8, 2022. During his second year competing collegiately for the

, Smith set the 500-yard freestyle

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, NCAA, SEC, and Florida records with a 4:06.32 at the 2020 Southeastern Conference Championships in February 2020, which broke the record of 4:08.19 set by Townley Haas in 2019.Neidigh, Lauren (February 19, 2020)
"Kieran Smith Smashes NCAA, American Record With 4:06.3 500 Free"
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''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Ross, Andy (February 19, 2020)
"Kieran Smith Blasts New American Record With 4:06 500 at SECs"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. For the 2019–2020 season, his second year, Smith received the "Male Swimmer of the Year" award from the Southeastern Conference."2020 SEC Swimming & Diving Awards announced"
'' Southeastern Conference''. April 15, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2021. At the

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, held in a virtual format in November 2020, he won gold medals in the 200-meter freestyle, with a 1:47.29, and the 400-meter freestyle, with a 3:48.78, as well as a bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle with a 8:00.05.Hy-Tek (November 16, 2020)
"2020 Toyota US Open Championships – Compiled Results"
'' USA Swimming''. November 22, 2022.

2021

During his junior year with the Florida Gators, Smith tied his American record in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming a 4:06.32 at the 2021 Southeastern Conference Championships.Ross, Andy (February 24, 2021)
"Kieran Smith Ties 500 Freestyle American Record; Pulls Magahey to 4:06 at SEC Men's Swimming Championships"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Sutherland, James (February 24, 2021)
"Kieran Smith Ties 500 Free American Record in 4:06.32; Magahey Now #2 All-Time"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. His performances at the 2020 and 2021 Southeastern Conference Championships earned him the "Swimmer of the Meet" award at each Championships.Dziak, Mark (February 28, 2021)
"Kieran Smith Repeats As SEC Championship Swimmer Of The Meet In 2021"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. At the 2021 US Open Water Championships, Smith placed seventh in the 5-kilometer open water swim with a time of 1 hour and 13 seconds, and placed tenth in the 10-kilometer open water swim in 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 32 seconds.

2020 US Olympic Trials

Smith qualified for the

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in the 400-meter freestyle and the 200-meter freestyle, winning both events at the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials. USA Swimming (June 13, 2021)
"2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wave II: Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. USA Swimming (June 15, 2021)
"2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wave II: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. In the prelims, semi-finals, final structure of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Smith was the only male swimmer to meet the Olympic qualifying standard time in the 400-meter freestyle."Swimming Trials: Kieran Smith wins 400m free, hits standard"
'' NBC Olympics''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. He posted new lifetime bests of 3:44.86 in the 400-meter freestyle and 1:45.29 in the 200-meter freestyle. Smith was the first swimmer at the 2020 US Olympic Trials to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in more than one individual event.Hart, Torrey (June 15, 2021)
"Kieran Smith becomes first 2-event Olympic qualifier at Swimming Trials"
'' NBC Olympics''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. In the 200-meter individual medley, Smith swam a personal best time of 1:57.23 and finished third overall, not making the US Olympic Team in the event as only the top two event finishers, Michael Andrew and

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, qualified for the team. USA Swimming (June 18, 2021)
"2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wave II: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. For the 100-meter freestyle, Smith swam a 49.40 and placed 20th overall in the prelims heats, not advancing to the semi-finals of the event. USA Swimming (June 16, 2021)
"2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wave II: Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

2020 Summer Olympics

The

in Tokyo, Japan and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic were Smith's first Olympic Games."Ridgefield Swimmer Headed to Tokyo Olympics"
'' NBC Connecticut''. June 14, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021. On July 25, 2021, Smith won a

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in the 400-meter freestyle, finishing in 3:43.94. Smith's individual bronze medal was his first Olympic medal in any, individual or relay, event and the first Olympic medal for the United States in the 400-meter freestyle since 2012.Vanoni, Maggie (July 26, 2021)
"Ridgefield's Kieran Smith finishes 6th in 200-meter freestyle"
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''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. In the 200-meter freestyle, Smith was the only American to make it to the final of the event on July 27, placing sixth with a time of 1:45.12.Lessard, Rick (July 26, 2021)
"Ridgefield native Kieran Smith takes 6th in 200m freestyle"
'' WTIC-TV''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. The next day, July 28, Smith split the fastest lead-off leg of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay across all finals relay teams with a personal best time of 1:44.74, which was approximately one second faster than the next-fastest lead-off swimmer and helped the United States relay consisting of him,

Drew Kibler Drew Kibler (born March 9, 2000) is an American competition swimmer specializing in freestyle events. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×200 meter freestyle relay and a former American record holder in the 4×200 yard freestyle ...

, Zach Apple, and Townley Haas place fourth with a time of 7:02.43.

; Atos (August 1, 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. '' International Olympic Committee''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. A crowd of about 70 people welcomed Smith back to his hometown of Ridgefield, Connecticut following the Olympic Games in a Meet and Greet format after his parents had a car pick him up from the airport so they could surprise him when he arrived at the house.Vanoni, Maggie (August 13, 2021)
"Olympic bronze medalist Kieran Smith welcomed back to Ridgefield: 'This is my home'"
'' The Ridgefield Press''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Smith's swims for 2021, up to the end of August, were fast enough for him to earn spots in the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, and 200-meter individual medley on the 2021–2022 U.S. National Team. USA Swimming (September 10, 2021)
"USA Swimming National Team Roster 2021–22"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Lepesant, Anne (September 10, 2021)
"USA Swimming Names 114 Athletes To The 2021–22 National Team Roster"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

2021–2022 Collegiate season beginnings

Day one of the 2021 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, November 18, Smith won a total of four events in one night for the

, which included the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 4x50 yard freestyle relay, and 4x100 yard medley relay.Gibbs, Robert (November 18, 2021)
"Kieran Smith Goes 4–4; UGA Women Also Dominant, At Georgia Tech Invite Day 1"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Rieder, David (November 18, 2021)
"Big Day for Kieran Smith (500 Free, 200 IM and Relays) at Georgia Tech Invite"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. The next morning, November 19, Smith raced in three individual events, swimming a 3:49.43 in the 400-yard individual medley, 47.27 in the 100-yard butterfly, and a 46.95 in the 100-yard backstroke.Hart, Torrey (November 19, 2021)
"2021 GT Invite Day 2 Prelims: Florida's Kieran Smith Rattles Off 3 More Swims"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Later in the day, in the finals session, Smith placed second in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:46.95, fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.80 seconds, and first in the 4x200 yard freestyle relay in 6:14.99 where he split a 1:32.66 for the lead-off leg of the relay.Gibbs, Robert (November 19, 2021)
"Georgia Tech Invite: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Smith's swims earned him the Southeastern Conference, SEC, honor of "Men's Swimmer of the Week" for the sixth week of the collegiate season."Week 6: Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week"
'' Southeastern Conference''. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Smith entered to compete in the 200-meter individual medley, 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter individual medley, and 400-meter freestyle at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in

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, United Arab Emirates in December, and the announcement of the United States team, including Smith, for the Championships was the number two item on the '' Swimming World'' honor of "The Week That Was" for the week of November 1, 2021."2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Rieder, David (November 1, 2021)
"The Week That Was: Chalmers Takes Down 13-Year-Old World Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Two weeks before the start of competition, Smith signed a professional sponsorship with Speedo.Keith, Braden (December 2, 2021)
"Kieran Smith Is The Latest Collegiate Swimmer To Join #TeamSpeedo"
''

''. Retrieved December 2, 2021. On the first day of competition, December 16, Smith ranked second in the prelims heats of the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:38.61, qualifying for the final later the same day. FINA (December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021.Penland, Spencer (December 15, 2021)
"2021 SC World Championships: Day 1 Heats Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. In the same prelims session, Smith qualified for the final of the 200-metre individual medley with a 1:54.01, ranking eighth overall. FINA (December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. Later in the day, during the finals session, Smith placed fifth in the 400-meter freestyle, swimming a 3:38.77 to finish less than a second behind fourth-place finisher

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of Italy. FINA (December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. For his second final of the evening, Smith placed sixth in the 200-meter individual medley with a personal best time of 1:53.76. FINA (December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. Day two, Smith swum a personal best time of 1:42.64 in the 200-meter freestyle to win his heat in the prelims and advance to the final ranking fourth. FINA (December 17, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved December 17, 2021. In the final, Smith placed fifth with a time of 1:42.29, finishing two-hundredths of a second behind fourth-place-finisher Duncan Scott of Great Britain. FINA (December 17, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 17, 2021. Day four, Smith split a 21.20 for the third leg of the 4×50-meter freestyle relay, helping qualify the relay for the final ranking third. FINA (19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. In the final, he anchored the relay to a fourth-place finish in 1:23.81, splitting a 21.30 for his 50-meter portion of the relay. FINA (December 19, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 19, 2021.Sampl, Emily (December 19, 2021)
"Curzan, Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Shatter American Records"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 19, 2021. Later in the same finals session, Smith led-off the 4×200-metre freestyle relay in 1:41.79, helping win the gold medal and set a new American record in the event at 6:47.00. FINA (December 19, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 19, 2021.Lohn, John (December 19, 2021)
"Claire Curzan, Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Set American Records at Short Course Worlds Championships"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved December 19, 2021. In the prelims heats of the 400-meter individual medley, Smith qualified for the final ranking fifth with a time of 4:04.82, which was over two seconds slower than fellow American and final qualifier

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. FINA (December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Smith placed fifth in the final with a personal best time of 4:03.29. FINA (December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

2022

2022 Southeastern Conference Championships

Smith continued his success in the 4×200 freestyle relay event, this time in yards, at the 2022 Southeastern Conference Championships in February 2022, splitting a 1:30.42 on the lead-off leg of the relay to help win in 6:08.00.De George, Matthew (February 15, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Alabama Women, Florida Men Set Relay Marks"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved February 15, 2022.Dornan, Ben (February 15, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 15, 2022. The final relay time of 6:08.00 set a new Southeastern Conference record in the event, lowering the former record down 1.14 seconds from a 6:09.14, and Smith's split for the new record time was 1.22 seconds faster than his split of 1:31.64 for the former record.Edmund, Emma (February 15, 2022)
"Florida Men Beat SEC Record By Over A Second In 800 Free Relay"
''

''. Retrieved February 15, 2022. The next morning, he ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:14.51 and qualified for the final later in the day.Hamann, Michael (February 16, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 16, 2022. In the evening, Smith split a 18.77 on the 4×50-yard freestyle relay in the final, helping achieve a win in a new meet record time of 1:15.18.De George, Matthew (February 16, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships, Night 2 Finals: Florida Goes 3-for-3 in Relays"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved February 16, 2022. Later the same session, he placed second behind

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in the final of the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:10.15.Dornan, Ben (February 16, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 16, 2022. On the third day, Smith started off competition in the morning where he qualified for the final ranking first in the 400-yard individual medley with a 3:43.26.Hamann, Michael (February 17, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 17, 2022. He won the final as well, placing first with a time of 3:39.33.De George, Matthew (February 17, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships, Day 3 Finals: Kieran Smith Captures 400 IM"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved February 17, 2022. In the evening of the fourth day, he anchored the 4×100-yard medley relay in 41.70 seconds to help achieve a win in 3:02.61.Dornan, Ben (February 18, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 18, 2022. The fifth and final day, he swam a 1:40.90 in the prelims heats of the 200-yard backstroke to qualify for the final ranking fourth.Sutherland, James (February 19, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 19, 2022. He won the final with a 1:39.51, finishing 0.07 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.De George, Matthew (February 19, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships, Day 5: Trey Freeman Delivers Epic Mile Win"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved February 19, 2022. For his final event, Smith anchored the 4×100-yard freestyle relay to a first-place victory in 2:46.91, splitting a time of 41.31 seconds.Hamann, Michael (February 19, 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 19, 2022. Smith won a total of two individual titles and four relay titles, earned 92 individual points, and helped the

achieve a Southeastern Conference Championships victory that was 476 points ahead of the second-place teams, which marked the largest winning margin in the history of the Southeastern Conference Championships.Keith, Braden (February 19, 2022)
"Florida Gators Win 10th Consecutive SEC Title In Men's Swimming & Diving"
''

''. Retrieved February 19, 2022.

2022 NCAA Championships

At the 2022 NCAA Championships in late March, Smith helped achieve a seventh-place finish in the 4×200-yard freestyle relay on day one, swimming a 1:30.66 for the lead-off leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 6:09.01.Rieder, David (March 23, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Dominates 800 Free Relay for New American, NCAA Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 23, 2022. In the prelims heats of the 500-yard freestyle the following morning, he qualified for the final ranking fifth with his time of 4:10.53.D'Addona, Dan (March 24, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Matthew Sates Crushes 4:08 in 500 Freestyle Prelims"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 24, 2022. For the final, he placed fourth with a time of 4:08.68.Hamann, Michael (March 24, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 24, 2022. Following his individual event of the evening, he helped achieve a win in the 4×50-yard freestyle relay in a pool record time of 1:14.11, anchoring the relay with a time of 18.59 seconds.Rieder, David (March 24, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Kieran Smith Anchors Florida to 200 Free Relay Title; Three Hundredths Off Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 24, 2022. He qualified for the final of the 200-yard freestyle the next day, ranking sixth across all preliminary heats with a time of 1:31.90.Hamann, Michael (March 25, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Day 3 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 25, 2022.Rieder, David (March 25, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Drew Kibler Edges Matt Sates in 200 Free Prelims; 1:32.00 for Eighth"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. In his first final of the evening, the 200-yard freestyle, he placed fifth in 1:31.27.Lohn, John (March 25, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Drew Kibler Lights Up Back Half to Claim 200 Freestyle Crown"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. In his second final, he helped win the bronze medal in the 4×100-yard medley relay in 3:01.00, anchoring the relay with a 40.96.Rieder, David (March 25, 2022)
"Cal Takes 400 Medley Relay Victory From Early Heat to Propel Bears Into First Place"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. Starting off on the fourth and final day, Smith swam a 1:38.99 in the preliminary heats of the 200-yard backstroke to qualify for the final ranking seventh.Hamann, Michael (March 26, 2022)
"2022 M. NCAA Division I Championships: Day 4 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. He swam a 1:39.39 in the final to place fourth, just 0.33 seconds behind the third-place finisher.Lohn, John (March 26, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Title For Destin in 200 Backstroke Sparks Major Scoring Haul For Cal"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. In the final of the 4×100-yard freestyle relay later in the same session, he anchored the relay to a sixth-place finish in 2:47.39 with a 41.35.Rieder, David (March 26, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Takes Down Arizona State, Cal in 400 Free Relay to Conclude Meet"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

2022 International Team Trials

On the first day of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith swam a personal best time of 48.50 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100-meter freestyle to qualify for the final ranking fifth. USA Swimming (April 26, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved April 26, 2022. He swam just one-hundredth of a second slower in the final, achieving a time of 48.51 seconds, to finish 0.26 seconds behind the two swimmers who tied for fourth-place, 0.13 seconds behind the sixth-place swimmer, and place seventh overall. USA Swimming (April 26, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved April 26, 2022. The second morning, he qualified for the final of the 200-meter freestyle from the prelims heats with a time of 1:46.78, which ranked him fourth overall. USA Swimming (April 27, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved April 27, 2022. He won the final with a time of 1:45.25, qualifying in the event, as well as the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, for the

team. USA Swimming (April 27, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved April 27, 2022. Day four, he ranked fourth in the morning prelims heats of the 400-meter freestyle with a 3:50.72 and qualified for the evening final with a time less than half a second slower than the first-ranked swimmer. USA Swimming (April 29, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved April 29, 2022. In the final, he won the event with a time of 3:46.61, marking his second individual event in which he qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team. USA Swimming (April 29, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved April 29, 2022. Smith started the fifth and final day with the prelims heats of the 200-meter individual medley in the morning, qualifying for the final ranking seventh with a 1:59.60. USA Swimming (April 30, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved April 30, 2022. For his finals swim, he finished in 1:59.83, placing eighth. USA Swimming (April 30, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

Beginning his competition on the first day of pool swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Smith ranked fifth in the prelims of the 400-meter freestyle, qualifying for the final. FINA (June 18, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved June 18, 2022. Later in the day, in the final of the event, he placed seventh with a time of 3:46.43. FINA (June 18, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved June 18, 2022. The following day, he ranked eleventh in the prelims of the 200-meter freestyle, qualifying for the semi-finals with a time of 1:46.73. FINA (June 19, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved June 19, 2022. In the evening semi-finals, he dropped over half a second off his prelims time, swimming a 1:46.06 to qualify for the final ranking eighth. FINA (June 19, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved June 19, 2022. He placed sixth in the final with a time of 1:45.16. FINA (June 20, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved June 20, 2022.Woods, David (June 20, 2022)
"Lily King, Drew Kibler barely miss medal stand at world swimming"
'' IndyStar''. Retrieved June 20, 2022. In the final of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay three days later, he swam the fastest split out of his relay teammates with a 1:44.35 anchor leg to help achieve a final time of 7:00.24 and win the gold medal. FINA (June 23, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved June 23, 2022.Fahey, CiarÁn (June 23, 2022)
"American swimmers claim redemption at worlds: 3 more golds"
'' The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 23, 2022.Yuska, Nick (June 23, 2022)
"Smith Cruises to Gold Medal on Day 6 of FINA World Championships"
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''. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

On October 21, at the first stop of his first FINA Swimming World Cup,

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stop in Berlin, Germany, Smith won a silver medal in his first event, the 400-meter freestyle, with a personal best time of 3:37.27, which was less than one second slower than gold medalist Matthew Sates of South Africa. FINA (October 21, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved October 21, 2022. He won his second medal in the 200-meter freestyle, finishing third in a time of 1:42.30 to win the bronze medal behind gold medalist Matthew Sates and silver medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia.Jonckheere, Karien (October 23, 2022)
"Sates completes tough golden double on final day in Berlin"
'' SuperSport''. Retrieved October 23, 2022. In Toronto, Canada, for the second stop, he won the silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:38.34. FINA (October 28, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved October 28, 2022. He won his second medal on day three of three in Toronto, finishing behind fellow Americans

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(gold medalist) and

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(silver medalist) in the 200-meter freestyle to win the bronze medal with a time of 1:42.45. FINA (October 30, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved October 30, 2022. Day one in

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for the third and final stop, Smith won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle with a new US Open record and personal best time of 3:35.99, which was 1.51 seconds faster than silver medalist Danas Rapšys of

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. FINA (November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 3, 2022."Rapšys praturtino savo bronzinę seriją aukštesnės prabos medaliu Skaitykite daugiau"
(in Lithuanian). '' Delfi''. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022. On the second morning, he swam a personal best time of 47.12 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle preliminary heats, qualifying for the final ranking third. FINA (November 4, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved November 4, 2022. For his first race of the evening session, he won the gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley with a personal best time of 1:52.98.Jonckheere, Karien (November 4, 2022)
"Sweet revenge for inspired Le Clos"
'' SuperSport''. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Approximately 30 minutes later, he placed sixth in the final of the 100-meter freestyle with a personal best time of 47.04 seconds. FINA (November 4, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Completing his competition the following day, he won the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle with a personal best time of 1:41.78. FINA (November 5, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved November 5, 2022. His performances for the three World Cup stops ranked him as the ninth overall highest-scoring male competitor."FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Men Individual Ranking 2022"
'' FINA''. November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

In mid-October, Smith was named to the USA Swimming roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships, to be contested in December in Melbourne, Australia, in two individual events, the 200-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle."2022 FINA World Championships (25m) Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022. He anchored the preliminaries relay to a third-rank in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a 46.08 on day one, which helped qualify the relay to the final later the same day. FINA (December 13, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 13, 2022. He lowered his time to a 45.77 in the final, helping win the bronze medal with a time of 3:05.09. FINA (December 13, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 13, 2022. On day three, he won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle with an Americas record, American record, and Australian All Comers record time of 3:34.38, which was 37-hundredths of a second slower than the Championships record of 3:34.01 by Danas Rapšys of

from 2018. FINA (December 15, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.Wells, Kevin (December 15, 2022)
"UF's Kieran Smith sets Short Course American Record in the 400m freestyle"
'' WCJB-TV''. Retrieved December 16, 2022.Yuska, Nick (December 15, 2022)
"Kieran Smith Sets SCM 400 Free American Record"
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''. Retrieved December 16, 2022. His title was the second for the United States in the event, after Chad Carvin at the 2000 edition of the Championships."Four Individual World Titles for U.S. at FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)"
'' USA Swimming''. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022. The following day, he contributed a personal best time of 1:41.04 for the lead-off leg of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, helping achieve a time of 6:44.12, which won the gold medal and set a new world record in the event. FINA (December 16, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 16, 2022.Pérez, Marta (December 16, 2022)
a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"">"España, 6^a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. Retrieved December 20, 2022."Cuarto oro para Pallister y récords para Mac Neil, 4x50 francés y 4x200 EEUU"
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''. December 16, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022. Day five of six, Smith anchored the 4×50-meter medley relay with a 21.34 in the preliminaries, helping advance the relay to the final ranking fifth with a time of 1:32.67. FINA (December 17, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 17, 2022. On the finals relay, he was switched out for Michael Andrew, and won a silver medal for his efforts in the preliminaries when the finals relay placed second in 1:30.37. FINA (December 17, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.Sagendorph, Kyle (December 17, 2022)
"Flickinger Leads Way on FINA World Championships (25m) Night Five"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 23, 2022. The sixth and final day, he placed ninth in the 200-metre freestyle, achieving first-alternate status for the final with a time of 1:42.54. FINA (December 18, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2022. For his final event of the Championships, the 4×100-meter medley relay, he helped set a world record of 3:18.98 in the final, splitting a 45.95 for the freestyle leg of the relay. FINA (December 18, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.Bungard, Matt (December 18, 2022)
"'That is breathtaking': Australia, USA split gold in world record men's medley relay tie"
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''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

: Smith swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Legend: h – prelims heat; r — relay 1st leg

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Smith has won at

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circuits."Kieran Smith: Medals"
'' FINA''. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

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

* '' Swimming World'', NCAA Swim of the Year (male): 2021Rieder, David (December 26, 2021)
"Swimming World NCAA Male Swim of the Year: Kieran Smith Ties 500 Freestyle American Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved December 31, 2021. * ''Swimming World'', The Week That Was: November 1, 2021 (#2) * ''

'', Top 100 (Men's): 2022 (#24)Sutherland, James (January 18, 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #30–21"
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''. Retrieved January 18, 2022. * Southeastern Conference (SEC), Swimmer of the Championships (male): 2020, 2021 * Southeastern Conference (SEC), Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019–2020 * Southeastern Conference (SEC), Swimmer of the Week (male): November 23, 2021, January 25, 2022"Week 10: Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week"
'' Southeastern Conference''. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022. * Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA), Swimmer of the Year: 2016, 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Kieran 2000 births Living people World record setters in swimming World record holders in swimming American male freestyle swimmers American male medley swimmers University of Florida alumni Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Florida Gators men's swimmers Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American sportsmen Swimmers from Sydney Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Early life and education

Career

Early career

2021

2020 US Olympic Trials

2020 Summer Olympics

2021–2022 Collegiate season beginnings

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022

2022 Southeastern Conference Championships

2022 NCAA Championships

2022 International Team Trials

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 Swimming World Cup

2022 World Short Course Championships

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

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