Anna Moesch
American swimmer, (born 2005)
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Anna Moesch (born October 17, 2005) is an American swimmer. In 2026, she set the American record in the 100-meter freestyle.[1]
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| Born | October 17, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
From Green Brook Township, New Jersey, she attended Watchung Hills Regional High School.[2][3] Moesch won an individual bronze medal in the 100 meters freestyle at the 2023 World Junior Championships. She also won silver medals in the 4 x 100 mixed free relay and the 4 x 100 women's free relay at the championships.[4]
Moesch began competing for the University of Virginia in 2024.[2] That year, she was involved in a swim-off for the final of the 100 meters freestyle at the US Olympic Trials, narrowly losing to veteran Erika Connolly.[5]
The following year, she competed for the United States at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, winning two silver medals having swum in the preliminary legs of the women’s freestyle relays.[2]
In March 2026, Moesch competed at the NCAA Division I championships, where she won the 200-yard freestyle, finishing 0.13 from the 11-year-old American and NCAA records held by Missy Franklin.[6][7]
In May 2026, Moesch swam a new American record in the women's 100 meters freestyle (long-course), finishing in 51.94 seconds at the AP Race International in London, England. The time broke the previous American record of a 52.04 set by Simone Manuel in 2019. The time placed her second on the all-time list behind the World Record of a 51.71 set by Sarah Sjostrom in 2017.[8] At the same meeting, she swam a time of 24.27 seconds to win the 50 meters freestyle and followed with a 52.30 anchor split in the American women's 400 medley relay.[9] She later also won the 200 m freestyle with a time of 1:55.81.[10]