Phoebe Bacon (born August 12, 2002) is an American

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. In 2021, she qualified for the US Olympic Swimming Team, placing second in the 200m backstroke at the Olympic Team Trials. She holds the 5th fastest 100 m (

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) Backstroke swim in the world for the 2019 calendar year, and was a member of the gold-medal winning 4x100m medley relay team at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

. She also won three gold medals at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, and was a gold medalist in the 100m back at 2019 Pan American Games. Additionally, she was a gold medalist in the 100m back at the 2019 Toyota U.S. Open, beating the world record holding Regan Smith.

Career

Bacon began swimming during the summer at the age of 3 for the Tallyho Foxes, and later joined Nation's Capital Swim Club, the same club as

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, at the American University site. Under the Silver coach Ian Rowe, Bacon qualified for the 2016 US Olympic Trials, at the age of 14. During the 2017 season, Phoebe moved up to the Gold I group, where she is currently coached by Timothy Kelly jr. On April 21, 2019 she verbally committed to swim for the

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Personal life

Phoebe was raised in Bethesda, MD and is the daughter of Timothy J. Bacon and Philippa Bacon. Phoebe has 3 siblings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacon, Phoebe 2002 births Living people American female backstroke swimmers Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the United States Wisconsin Badgers women's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American women