Kelsi Worrell Dahlia ( Worrell; born July 15, 1994) is a former American competitive

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specializing in butterfly and freestyle events. At the 2018 World Championships, Dahlia won nine total medals of which seven were gold medals. She qualified for the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in the 100-meter butterfly and won a gold medal in the 4 x 100-meter medley relay for swimming in the heats. As part of the

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she competes for the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Worrell grew up in

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where she swam for Jersey Storm Swimming and Tarnsfield Swim Club her whole childhood. She attended

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in Mount Holly, where she graduated as part of the class of 2012.

Career

College

As a senior at

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, she won the

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in the swimming & diving category in 2016.

2015

At the

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in Toronto, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly. Worrell held the American record in the 100-yard butterfly. At the NCAA finals in March 2015, she broke the 13-year-old record held by

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, and became the first woman to break 50 seconds in the event. In March 2016, she improved her record to 49.43 s. At the

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meeting in December 2015, Worrell broke the

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in the 4×100 meter medley relay (

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) together with her teammates Courtney Bartholomew,

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, and

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2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials (swimming), US Olympic Swimming Trials, Worrell placed first in the 100-meter butterfly and qualified for the US Olympic team. In

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, Worrell placed 4th in the heats of the 100-meter butterfly but failed to qualify for the finals after finishing 9th in the semi-finals. She won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay for swimming in the prelims.

2018 World Swimming Championships

At the 2018 World Swimming Championships in December in

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, Dahlia won a record nine medals at a FINA Championships meet, narrowly taking a lead in the gold medal count with seven medals over

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who also won nine medals only with one less gold medal."Team USA Wraps Dominant FINA World Championships (25m) with Nine-Medal Performance"
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International Swimming League

In 2019 she was a member of the inaugural

representing the

, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Dahlia won the 100-meter butterfly at the final beating world record holder

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for the second time of the season.

2019 World Championships

Dahlia won one gold and two silver medals competing for Team USA at the

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. She swam the butterfly leg of the 4×100 meter medley final in which USA won gold with a world-record time of 3:50.40. She won silver for a preliminary heat in the 4×100 meter mixed medley and a silver in the 4×100 meter freestyle final, setting an American record with a time of 3:31.02.

Retirement From Swimming

In 2022 Dahlia announced her official retirement from the sport and now works an associate coach for the

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swimming and diving team posting a thank you message on Instagram for all that swimming has contributed to her as a person both in an out of the pool.

Awards and honors

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Personal life

In 2017 Dahlia married her husband, Tom. She has 4 siblings: Jarrod, Kyle, Lindi, and Taylor who were and are also swimmers have all swam for Tarnsfield Swim Club. Her brother Kyle also swam for

as well as qualified and competed in the 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlia, Kelsi 1994 births Living people American female butterfly swimmers American female freestyle swimmers People from Voorhees Township, New Jersey People from Westampton Township, New Jersey Rancocas Valley Regional High School alumni Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey Swimmers from New Jersey Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World record holders in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Louisville Cardinals women's swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Pan American Games medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games