Kaitlin Sandeno
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Kaitlin Sandeno-Hogan (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was the general manager of DC Trident which is a part of the International Swimming League for 3 seasons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Swimming career
2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Sandeno won the bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle event,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> along with fourth place in the 400-meter individual medley and sixth place in the 200-meter butterfly.
2003 U.S. Swimming Nationals
In 2003, while enrolled at the University of Southern California, she won the U.S. national championship in the 200-meter butterfly, and the 200- and 400-meter individual medley events.
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece saw Sandeno win three more Olympic medals: a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley, a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The American team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer and Sandeno also broke the seventeen-year-old world record (previously held by East Germany) by more than two seconds with their victory in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Post-swimming career and media appearances
After failing to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, Sandeno announced her retirement. In May 2010, Sandeno joined with Think Physical Therapy and started a venture called Swim Tank where she will do stroke analysis for swimmers. For the 2010 Southern California swim season, Sandeno was an assistant swim coach at Mater Dei High School, a private Catholic high school in Santa Ana, California. As a high school student, Sandeno attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest.
In 2014, Sandeno called the swimming races at the Youth Olympics on NBC.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
At USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska; Sandeno served as the on-deck live emcee alongside Olympic teammate Brendan Hansen. She also hosted USA Swimming’s web-series debut of “Deck Pass Live”.
In April 2018, Sandeno joined swimming fin company Laguna Fin Co. as partner and face of the company. Laguna Fin Co. produces a unique training fin with a built-in neoprene foot pocket for comfort and an adjustable back strap for sizing. This training fin is also the only fin which can be used for all 4 competitive strokes, including breaststroke.<ref name="usaswimming.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2018, Sandeno was a host at the Warrior Games, presented by The Department of Defense.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the Summer of 2019, Sandeno released “Golden Glow. How Kaitlin Sandeno achieved Gold in the Pool and Life” with coauthor Dan D’Adonna.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sandeno commentated at the 2023 Pan American Games as well the ParaPan Games in Santiago, Chile.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
At a younger age, Sandeno swam for the Nellie Gail Saddleback Valley Gators in Orange County, California, coached by Vic and Renee Riggs. She swam as one of the top competitors in freestyle events, and helped the Gator team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Originally from Lake Forest, Sandeno attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California and was a member of the El Toro High School swim team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In September 2008, Sandeno teamed up with Anna Kournikova and Katya Myers to win the female celebrity category of the 2008 Malibu Triathlon.
On April 25, 2015, Sandeno married Peter Hogan. The couple resides in Newport Beach, California.<ref name="usaswimming.org"/> In 2025, she gave birth to a son.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- Pan American Games records in swimming
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
External links
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- American female butterfly swimmers
- American female freestyle swimmers
- American female medley swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Sportspeople from Mission Viejo, California
- Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- USC Trojans women's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen