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Swimmer Katie Hoff won three gold medals at the world championships in 2007 and is preparing for her second trip to the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Hoff competed in the 2004 Olympics at the age of 15, finishing fifth in her heat in the 400-meter individual medley and seventh in the 200-meter IM. The Towson, Md., native won three national titles in the summer of 2007 -- the 200-meter IM, the 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter freestyle. In April 2007, Hoff set the world record in the 400-meter IM on her way to a gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She also stood atop the podium in the 200-meter IM and as the anchor in the 800-meter freestyle relay. In 2005, sh...
Swimmer Katie Hoff won three gold medals at the world championships in 2007 and is preparing for her second trip to the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Hoff competed in the 2004 Olympics at the age of 15, finishing fifth in her heat in the 400-meter individual medley and seventh in the 200-meter IM. The Towson, Md., native won three national titles in the summer of 2007 -- the 200-meter IM, the 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter freestyle. In April 2007, Hoff set the world record in the 400-meter IM on her way to a gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She also stood atop the podium in the 200-meter IM and as the anchor in the 800-meter freestyle relay. In 2005, she won three gold medals at the FINA World championships and was named Female Athlete of the Year by USA Swimming. Hoff also signed a 10-year endorsement deal with Speedo, the longest contract the swimsuit maker has given. In 2004, she stunned the swimming world at age 14 by swimming the fastest time of anyone in the 400-meter individual medley leading up to the Olympics. Hoff was born on June 3, 1989. She lived in Williamsburg, Va., before moving to Maryland. Her mom, Jeanne, played basketball at Stanford. Hoff was named Female Athlete of the Year by USA Swimming in 2007.
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Phelps-led U.S. relay team 3rd in 400 free
Et cetera Phelps-led U.S. relay team 3rd in 400 free Michael Phelps of Fells Point and his United States teammates finished third in the 400-meter freestyle relay on the first day of the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China. The Americans...Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Atlanta Dream, Washington Mystics, Golf, Clubs and Associations
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In Indy, Phelps back to familiar position: in front
For the first time, Michael Phelps looked as though he was pushing toward the London Olympics. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist from Baltimore posted the fastest times in the world this year in both of his events Thursday at the Indianapolis Grand Prix....Tags: Swimming, Michael Phelps, Athletes, Music, 2016 Olympic Games
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Hoff takes gold in 400 free at short-course championships
swimming Hoff takes gold in 400 free at short-course championships Katie Hoff, who spent most of her swimming career at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club while growing up in Towson, won the 400-meter freestyle at the short-course world championships in...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Kentucky Derby, Michael Phelps, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities
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Phelps breezes to victory in 200 freestyle
If only all problems were so easy to dismiss. Two hundred meters in a pool and Michael Phelps' freestyle stroke problems vanished in the Orange County night air. Phelps, of Fells Point, put down the fastest time in the world this year, winning the 200-...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Irvine, Orange County (California), Fells Point, Ryan Lochte
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From sink to swim, just in time
As she chugs through the water, Annie Applegarth will never be mistaken for Olympic medalist Katie Hoff. Barbara Thompson will never be in a split-screen comparison to Michael Phelps.
The triumph here is that 15 weeks ago, neither woman could swim a...Tags: Michael Phelps, Swimming, Athletes, Nobel Prize Awards, Mermaid (legendary entities)
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Phelps' voyage
Sun ReporterMichael Phelps was 15 years old the day he returned home to Rodgers Forge from his first Olympic Games in 2000. He had finished 5th in the 200-meter butterfly in Sydney, Australia, even though he was mostly ears and arms at that point, and it seemed as...Tags: Michael Phelps, Bars and Clubs, Warren Buffett, Debbie Phelps, Academy Awards
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Phelps, Hoff win 400 IM gold at Southern California GP
Michael Phelps, who lives in Fells Point, and Katie Hoff of Towson won gold medals Sunday night at the Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach. Phelps held off Japan's Hidemasa Sano in the 400-yard individual medley to take home his second gold of...Tags: Swimming
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Towson's Hoff win's women's high-point award in California
Olympians Katie Hoff of Towson and Matt Grevers of Lake Forest, Ill., took home the women's and men's high-point award Monday at the Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif., and Michael Phelps of Fells Point took home a gold medal in the 100-...Tags: Swimming
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Olympics will shine Phelps-like spotlight on Hoff
In the universe of hypotheticals, the most popular impossibility buzzing around the pool is this: Let's say the swimming world had no Michael Phelps. Maybe he was scared of the water as a child or preferred lacrosse as a teen, or maybe he simply didn't...Tags: Michael Phelps, Multi-Sport Events, Ryan Lochte, Awards and Prizes, Beijing Games
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Smutz is getting back in the swim
Whether it's on the medal stand or on the starting blocks, the movement is nearly the same. The long athlete bends over, head deliberately bowed - ready for a medal or ready for the water. We're trained to celebrate the victors at race's end, but...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Michael Phelps, Swimming, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pelton the next big thing?
Neither Michael Phelps nor Katie Hoff swam Friday at U.S. nationals. Phelps had to pull out of the 100-meter freestyle with neck pain, and Hoff withdrew from her final two events, putting an end to a meet where she never felt right physically or mentally....Tags: Michael Phelps, Swimming, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, George Clooney
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Hoff 'super-motivated' about leaving Baltimore
Baltimore Sun reportersOlympic swimming medalist Katie Hoff is changing coasts in an effort to jump-start her stagnant career. The Towson resident said yesterday that her decision to leave Baltimore and train in Fullerton, Calif., for the 2012 London Olympics leaves her...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Swimming, Michael Phelps, Colleges and Universities, Multi-Sport Events
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