Alex and Gretchen Walsh are sisters from Nashville who are both competitive swimmers. Alex, above, has competed in numerous races employing different swim strokes, having taken silver medals in medleys at the 2022 World Championships in Melbourne and won three golds at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru - in the 200-meter backstroke, the 200-meter medley, and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Her sole Olympic medal is a 200-meter medley silver from Tokyo.
Her younger sister Gretchen (below) is just as tough a competitor in the pool.
Gretchen Walsh holds the world record holder in the 100-meter butterfly, 4×100 medley relay, and mixed gender 4×100 medley relay. She won the silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and there she managed to set the Olympic record in the 100-meter butterfly in the semifinals with a time of 55.38. And if that weren't enough, she won six gold medals at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest - thw 4×100-meter mixed medley, the 100-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter mixed freestyle, the 4×100-meter freestyle, the "splash and dash" 50-meter freestyle, and the 4×100-meter medley.
That's it for this series of beautiful athletes. Back soon.
That's it for this series of beautiful athletes. Back soon.
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