Kaitlin Sandeno

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Medal record
Women's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens[1] 4x200 m freestyle
Silver 2004 Athens 400 m individual medley
Bronze 2000 Sydney[2] 800 m freestyle
Bronze 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle
World Championships - Long Course
Bronze 2005 Montreal[3] 400 m individual medley
Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly
Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 800 m freestyle
World Championships - Short Course
Silver 2006 Shanghai[4] 200 m individual medley
Bronze 2006 Shanghai 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
Gold 2004 Indianapolis[5] 400 m freestyle
Gold 2004 Indianapolis[6] 200 m butterfly
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 400 m individual medley
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
Pan American Games
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 400m freestyle
Gold 1999 Winnipeg 800m freestyle

Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983 in Mission Viejo, California) is an American swimmer, and was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At a younger age, Sandeno swam for the Nellie Gail Gators in Orange County, California, coached by Vic and Renee Riggs. She swam as one of the top competitors in freestyle events, and helped the Gator team.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Sandeno won the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle event, along with 4th place in the 400 m individual medley (IM) and 6th place in the 200 m butterfly. In 2003, while enrolled at the University of Southern California, she won the US national championship in the 200m butterfly, 200 m IM, and 400 m IM events.

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece saw Sandeno win three more Olympic medals: a silver medal in the 400 m IM, a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle, and a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay. The American team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Sandeno also broke the seventeen-year-old world record (previously held by East Germany)by more than two seconds with their victory in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.

She currently trains at the University of Michigan under Bob Bowman.

On FOX Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, Sandeno revealed that she has a tattoo of the Olympic rings on her backside

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