Arabella Gabrielle Sims (born May 25, 2005) is an American

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. At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials Sims finished fifth in the 200 freestyle, qualifying her for the relay team at the

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. She was one of four high school athletes to make the United States team. Entering the trials, she qualified for 11 of the 14 contested events.

2022

World Championships

At the

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Sims swam in the preliminaries of the

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recording a time of 1:55.91 which earned her a place in the final. The 17 year old then swam the anchor leg in the final with a split of 1:54.60 which was nearly three seconds quicker than her flat start personal best of 1:57.53. The Americans won the relay giving Sims her first gold medal in a major international championship.

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* 2005 births Living people Sportspeople from Henderson, Nevada American female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American women World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{US-swimming-bio-stub