Kim Vandenberg won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Team USA’s 4×200 Free Relay at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She qualified and swam at 5 straight US Olympic Trials, capturing the dreaded 3rd place in the 200 Fly 2 times.
Kim is a mentor for Rise Athletes, a Fitter & Faster coach, a serious Yogi, world traveler, and small business owner. On top of all that, she is a graduate student studying Psychology at Pepperdine University with aspirations of receiving her doctorate and opening up her own practice in the future.
Kim is the Founder of Kim Swim Studios where she helps her students explore the art of moving through the water.
She once won French Nationals and believes the 200 Free is harder than the 200 Fly.
Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard
01:18 Kim Vandenberg where are you coming from
02:10 LA vs. NY
02:45 How’d you get into swimming?
04:00 Doubles at 12 Years Old
06:00 You were a 50 Freestyler!?
06:45 Ron & Don Heidary
07:15 Why UCLA? Cyndi Gallagher.
08:30 Freshman Year
09:00 Greg Meehan, Assistant Coach
10:40 Dana Kirk, Mary Decenza, & Kaitlin Sandeno
11:10 Going Pro After College
12:15 Training with Club Wolverine, Bowman, Phelps
12:45 Won 200 Fly at Nationals, signed with Speedo
13:15 Klete Keller
15:25 Competing in 5 Olympic Trials
21:50 Qualifying in 2008 for the Olympics
23:30 200 Free
25:20 3rd Place in 200 Fly
31:30 All these different coaches
32:45 2012 Olympic Trials Heartbreak
37:20 Was the 200 Fly your baby?
39:45 Being a Mentor
42:15 Proud Olympian
43:15 Kim’s Future
44:20 Team USA Invincibility
45:45 Favorite Place
46:15 Favorite Food
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