Sierra Schmidt
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| Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 6, 1998 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Germantown Academy North Baltimore Aquatic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dick Shoulberg (Germantown Academy) Mike Bottom (University of Michigan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sierra Schmidt (born May 6, 1998) is an American former competition swimmer who swam for the University of Michigan and was a distance freestyle medalist in the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 World Cup.
Schmidt was born to Melinda and Joseph Schmidt in Scottsdale, Arizona.[1]
In Junior High, around 2012–2014, Sierra swam for Hall of Fame Coach Dick Shoulberg while attending Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania and competed in a number of events including the 1650 free.[2][3] On February 22–23, 2014, taking a first-place finish with a time of 4:46.29 in the 500 freestyle, she helped lead Germantown Academy to a first-place finish at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships at LaSalle University.[4] In 2014, she was named a Catholic League All-Star.[5]
Schmidt graduated from the 21st Century Cyber Charter School in Exton, Pennsylvania in 2017.[1] She was a multiple time junior national champion in 2014 and competed for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club from 2014 to 2016.[6]
