Kim Vandenberg

Kim Vandenberg
Kim Vandenberg at the 35th Ströck-Austrian Qualifying 2008 in the Wiener Stadthalle
Personal information
Surname:	Kimberly Vandenberg
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle, butterfly
Society:	New York Athletic Club
Birthday:	December 13, 1983
Place of birth:	Berkeley
Size:	1.73 m
Weight:	59 kg
Medal table

Kimberly "Kim" Vandenberg (born December 13, 1983 in Berkeley , California ) is an American swimmer .

Career

Vandenberg is currently swimming with coach Gregory Kincheloe for the New York Athletic Club .

She first drew attention to herself in 2004 when she won her first national championship title in the 200 meter butterfly. In the same year she was able to qualify for the final over the same distance at the trials for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , but was eliminated there as fifth-best in the fight for the two starting places for the Olympic team .

In 2005 Kim Vandenberg won her first medal in international competitions with the silver medal on her special 200 meter butterfly course at the Summer Universiade 2005 in Izmir .

She achieved the greatest triumph of her career in an individual discipline at the 2007 Swimming World Championships in Melbourne , when she won the silver medal over the 200 meter butterfly.

The qualification for the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing at the Trials was mixed for Vandenberg, as she qualified on the one hand as fifth in the 200 meter freestyle for the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay of the Olympic team, but on the other hand on her special course, the 200 meter butterfly Ditte narrowly missed qualification behind Elaine Breeden and Kathleen Hersey . At the Olympic Games itself, she won the bronze medal with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, with Vandenberg only starting in the run-up.

Web links

• Biography at usaswimming.org ( PDF )

• Kim Vandenberg in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Kim Vandenberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )