Claire Weinstein (born March 1, 2007) is an American Olympic

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swimmer, who swam for

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-based swim team the

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. At the

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, Weinstein helped Team USA win the

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in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay. At the

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, Weinstein swam the individual 200m freestyle, in which she made the final, and came in 8th. She won the

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in the 4x200m freestyle relay, joined by

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, and

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. Weinstein's split of 1:54.88 was the fastest on the team, and the fourth-fastest freestyle at 200m by an American woman in history.

Early life

Weinstein is a daughter of Rodney and Diane Weinstein, has one older brother (Michael) and three younger sisters (Mary, Sophie, and Emma), and was born in

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. She is Jewish, was raised in the

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tradition, and had a ''

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'' at the Reform synagogue of Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains, New York."18 Things to Know About Jewish Swimmer Claire Weinstein,"
''Hey Alma''. She attended the Highlands Middle School in White Plains. For her Mitzvah project, she volunteered her time to help coach the younger swimmers in the Westchester Aquatic Club swim school at inter-team meets and practices, because of her passion for the sport and belief that everyone should learn to swim and have the opportunity to be a competitive swimmer if they desire. On her behalf a donation was made to the Christopher Dewey Memorial Swim Foundation to assist low-income swimmers. She has attended

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Swimming career

Early career

Weinstein began to swim competitively at six years of age. She began her competitive swim career on the Lake Isle team in

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, setting multiple records at the

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Swim Conference Championships. During the school year, Weinstein swam on the White Plains Varsity Swim team and competed year-round on club team Westchester Aquatic Club. Westchester Aquatic Club head coach Carle Fierro described Weinstein as "extremely easy to coach and ... really good at communicating how she felt in the water... In addition, she displayed a great singlemindedness in attaining goals. She was diligent about doing workouts and motivating team members to do their best as well."

2021

In 2021, at 13 years of age Weinstein qualified for the 2020 United States Olympic trials, becoming one of the youngest swimmers to qualify for the trials. She placed 20th in the 400m freestyle, not qualifying for that year's

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. In September 2021, Weinstein moved to

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, to train with the

2022

On April 3, 2022, Weinstein won the USA Swimming National and Junior Championship 5K event by over a minute. At the 2022 USA Swimming International Team Trials, Weinstein qualified for the United States team in the

. In the process she became the fastest American 15-year-old to swim the 200m freestyle event.

2022 World Championships

At the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022, Weinstein won a

as a part of the United States Women's 4x200 relay at the age of 15; she was the youngest American swimmer to compete in the World Championships in 15 years. She also competed in the women's 200-meter freestyle, finishing in 10th place in the semi-finals and missing finals qualification by only seven hundredths of a second.

2023 U.S. Championships

At the 2023 U.S. Championships, at 16 years of age Weinstein won the 200m freestyle in 1:55.26 (making her the 24th-fastest woman at the distance in history), defeating seven-time Olympic swimmer

2024; U.S Olympic Team Trials

On June 17, 2024, at the 2024 U.S Olympic Team Trials, Weinstein placed 2nd in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:56.18, securing her spot for the individual 200m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay at the

2024 Paris Olympics

At 17 years of age, at the

, Weinstein swam the individual 200m freestyle, in which she made the final, and came in 8th. She was the youngest swimmer in the field. She competed as well in the 4x200m freestyle relay, joined by

, and

. With a collective time of 7:40.86, and Weinstein swimming the fastest split on the team (1:54.88) as she led off the relay, the team won the

, earning Weinstein her first Olympic medal. Weinstein's time was a personal best, and with it she became the fourth-fastest American woman ever in the 200m free, at 17 years old.Riley Overend (August 1st, 2024)
"Claire Weinstein, 17, Leads Off 4×200 Free Relay in 1:54.88, Fourth-Fastest American Ever"
''SwimSwam''. Among American women, only

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(1:53.61), Ledecky (1:53.73), and

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(1:54.81) had swum times faster than Weinstein’s 1:54.88. 2025 U.S Swimming National Championships At the 2025 U.S Championships, Weinstein won the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:54.92, defeating the 2016 Olympic Champion in the 200m freestyle

. She also earned second-place finishes in both the 400m and 800m freestyles. These results qualified Weinstein for the

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in Singapore. Weinstein has committed to attend

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for college.

References

External links

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