Kate Ziegler
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"Kate Marie Ziegler" is an American competition swimming (sport)/swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming/freestyle and Long-distance swimming/long-distance events. Ziegler has won a total of fifteen medals in major international competition, including eight golds, five silvers, and two bronze spanning the FINA World Aquatics Championships/World Aquatics and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships/Pan Pacific Championships. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic Team, and competed in the 800-meter freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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I never see myself as being versatile enough to be in the running for that, so to be able to get that honor was really nice.

As far as the world record goes, it still seems so far away from me, ... As far as the world championships . . . I'm just so happy how it's gone.

I wasn't really working too hard tonight. I just wanted to go out and work the walls a little bit and just feel good.

Coming into this meet, I didn't have high expectations. I was just coming in here to have a good time. I did everything I wanted to do, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. It was beyond what I expected.

They're so ridiculously fast, ... I don't even take out my races that fast. They're tough records.

We came over right before they closed the pool, so I did some extra stretching. We had other things we could do, so I didn't let it affect me.

I had kind of high hopes for myself, but to do as well as I have, I've surprised myself, ... It's unexplainable how excited I am.

It's great, knowing you are racing against the best in the States is a good feeling.

It helped a lot to have done well in the 1,500, ... I had a lot of confidence.