Famous Face From Orange County: Kaitlin Sandeno Olympic Swimmer

 


Kaitlin Sandeno, born in Mission Viejo, is a retired American swimmer. She was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 

Sandeno won the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle event in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Sandeno won a silver medal in the 400 m IM, a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle, and a gold medal i nthe 4x200 m freestyle relay. She was also part of the team that broke the seventeen-year-old world record by more than two seconds with their victory in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.

Sandeno announced her retirement when she did not qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. As of May 2010, Sandeno has joined with Think Physical Therapy and started a ventured called Swim Tank where she will do stroke analysis for swimmers.  

For the 2010 Southern California Swim Season, Sandeno was an assistant swim coach at Mater Dei High School, a private catholic high school in Santa Ana, California. As a high school, she attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest.

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