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Career Highlights
Won gold as part of the 4x200m free relay at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also finished seventh in the 400m free ... took second in the 200m IM and sixth in the 200m back at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Claimed a gold (400m free) and two silver medals (4x100m free-relay, 200m free) at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... national title holder in the 400m free
after winning the event at the 2010 CP National Championships … three-time medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games, earning a silver medal in the 400m free and a bronze in the 200 IM and 800 free-relay (AR) ... set a world record in the 400 IM and as a member of the 800m free-relay at the 2007 World Championships ... Triple gold medalist at the 2006 Pan Pacifics, capturing gold in the 200m free, 400m IM and as a member of the 800m free-relay ... triple gold medalist at the 2005 World Championships, winning individual gold in the 200m IM (AR), 400m IM and as a member of the 800m free-relay ... named the 2005 and 2007 USOC SportsWoman of the Year and was the USA Swimming Female Athlete of the Year from 2005-07
Olympics History
2008: Silver, 400m FR; Bronze, 400m IM/ 800m FR-R (AR); 4, 200m FR (AR); 4, 200m IM; 11, 800m FR ... 2004: 7, 200m IM; 17, 400m IM
Olympics History
Was the youngest member of the entire U.S. delegation (15 years, 2 months) at the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished seventh in the 200m IM.
World Champs History
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R; 7, 400m FR ... 2007: Gold, 200m/400m(WR) IM & 800m FR-R(WR); 4, 200m/400m FR ... 2005: Gold, 200m & 400m IM and 800m FR-R; 9, 200m FR
World Champs History
2011: 7th 400 FR, Gold 4x200 FR-R
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R ... 2006: Gold, 200m FR & 400m IM & 800m FR-R; Silver, 400m FR & 200m IM
SC Worlds History
2010: Gold 400 FR, Silver 200 FR, 4x100 Fr-R ... 2004: Silver 400m IM; Bronze 200m IM
Duel in the Pool History
2010: Bronze, 200m IM; 4, 400m IM; 5, 400m FR ... 2005: Gold, 200m & 400m IM; Bronze, 200m FR
Olympic Trials History
2008: 1, 200m IM; 1, 400m IM; 1, 200m FR; 1, 400m FR; 1, 800m FR ... 2004: 1, 200m IM; 1, 400m IM
U.S. Nationals History
2011: 2, 200m IM; 6, 200m BK ... 2010: 1, 400m FR; 2, 400m MR; 3, 200m FR & 400m IM; 8, 100m FR ... 2009: 6, 400m FR; 8, 200m FR
U.S. Nationals History
2011 Winter- Bronze 400 IM
Short Course National Championships
2009: 1, 400y IM; 2, 500y FR/200y BK; 3, 200y FR; 4, 100y FR
Briefly
Four time Duel in the Pool member
Fun Facts
High School
Homeschool '07
College
Chapman University
Future Professional Aspirations
Journalism
Job Outside of Swimming
Currently serves as a volunteer assistant swimming coach at Loyola College
Parents
John and Jeanne … father is in seminar sales, and mother is a homemaker/part-time health care worker … Jeanne (Ruark) Hoff was a basketball standout at Stanford from 1980-83; she still holds the record for average points per game (17.6) and is third all-time leading point scorer in school history (2038); she was the first Stanford player to score 2000 career points
Sibling(s)
Younger brother (Christian)
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Writing, hip hop dancing
Ultimate Way to Relax
Sleeping, watching television
Most Influential Person
Summer Sanders
Training Stats
Swims 8-15,000 meters/yards per day, 2-5 hours a day, 7 days a week
More
In the fall of 2005 at age 16, signed with Octagon, the same agency that represents former North Baltimore Aquatic Club teammate Michael Phelps ... in January 2006, she signed a record 10-year deal with Speedo which, at the time, was the longest athlete contract in the brand’s history
More
In April 2006, Teen People named her one of their “Twenty Teens Who Will Change The World”
Favorites
U.S. city: Los Angeles ... band: Fall Out Boy ... celebrity: Jennifer Aniston ... summer activity: laying out at the pool ... tv: The O.C., The Office