What We Learned About U.S. Swimmers At The World Championships
U.S. swimmers led all counties with 38 medals over eight days of competition in Fukuoka, Japan.
Getty Images
Athlete Bio
Joe Kusumoto
Birthday
Jan 8, 2006
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Education
Undecided
Personal
- Daughter of Shari and Christian Grimes
- Inspired to try swimming after watching her two older brothers swim competitively
- Hobbies include listening to music, old cars (she drives a 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser), shopping and spending time with her family
- First individual athlete to qualify by name for the Paris Olympic Games 2024
Youngest member of Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 and the youngest U.S. Olympic swimmer since Amanda Beard who made the 1996 team at age 14
Olympic Experience
- One-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (800m freestyle)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – silver (400m IM), bronze (10km open water)
- Years of Participation: Long Course – 2022, 2023; Short Course – 2021
- Medals: 4 (3 silver, 1 bronze)
- Silver – 2023 (400m IM); 2022 (1500m freestyle, 400m IM)
Bronze – 2023 (10km open water)
How Katie made the team
Katie through the years
6 photos