Rebecca Soni

Rebecca Soni
Personal information
Nickname"Reb"
National team United States
Born (1987-03-18) March 18, 1987 (age 37)
Freehold Borough, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
WebsiteRebSoni.com
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubScarlet Aquatics
College teamUniversity of Southern California
CoachDave Salo
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 3 0
World Championships (LC) 4 1 1
World Championships (SC) 3 1 0
Pan Pacific Championships 3 0 0
Universiade 1 2 0
Total 14 7 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 200 m breaststroke

Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a member of the U.S. national team, she held the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay from 2012 to 2017 (long course).

Soni has won a total of twenty-two medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, seven silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Universiade, and the Pan Pacific Championships. She burst onto the international scene at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won two silver medals and one gold. In the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympics, she set the world record en route to winning gold, shocking Australian favorite Leisel Jones.[1] Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Soni successfully defended her Olympic title in the 200-meter breaststroke in world record time, becoming the first woman to do so in the event.

She was named Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year award in 2010 and 2011, and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

  1. ^ "American Rebecca Soni wins Olympic 200 breast". The Herald Bulletin. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2010.