Kara Denby

Kara Denby
Personal information
Surname:	Kara Denby
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Society:	Lakeside Swim Team
Birthday:	May 28, 1986
Place of birth:	Northridge , California
Size:	1.75 m
Medal table

Kara Denby (born May 28, 1986 in Northridge , California ) is an American freestyle swimmer who is currently studying veterinary medicine at Auburn University .

Career

She currently trains with the Auburn University swim team where she is coached by Richard Quick and Dorsey Walker . Since 2007 she has consistently achieved top rankings in US swimming events. The international swimming scene became particularly aware of her after she won the world championship title in record time with the 4 × 100 m layer relay.
For the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing in 2008 Denby could not yet qualify, as she only finished fifth in the US Olympic Games on the 50 m freestyle course, although she improved her personal best.

Records

Personal best

Long track

• 50m Freestyle - 12:25.12 (July 6, 2008 in Omaha )
• 100m Freestyle - 00:54.96 (July 3, 2008 in Omaha )

Short course

• 100 m freestyle - 00:53 (April 11, 2008 in Manchester )

International records

World records (1)
4 × 100 m layers (short course) (with Hoelzer , Hardy and Komisarz )	03: 51.36 min	April 11, 2008	Manchester
American Records (2)
4 × 100 m freestyle (short course) (with Hardy , Silver and Komisarz )	03: 34.96 min	April 12, 2008	Manchester
4 × 100 m layers (short course) (with Hoelzer , Hardy and Komisarz )	03: 51.36 min	April 11, 2008	Manchester
(As of July 12, 2008)

Web links

• Profile at Auburn University (English)
• Kara Denby in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)