Rachelle Weston

Rachelle Theresa Weston (née Brady) (born January 5, 1984) is an American competition swimmer. She is a 31-time Olympic medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win seven medals in one Olympiad.

Rachelle's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award seven times and the American Swimmer of the Year Award seven times. She has won a total of 160 medals in major international competition spanning the Olympics, the World, the Pan Pacific and the Pan American Games. Her total of 31 Olympic medals has her first for most all-time by an American woman.

Early Life
Rachelle was born in San Mateo, California, and is of Irish and German descent. She's the youngest of four siblings.

International Career
2003

At the 10th World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Rachelle won 12 medals - nine gold and three silver. She won her golds in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m fly, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Natalie Coughlin, Lindsay Benko and Rhi Jeffrey and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Benko, Rachel Komisarz and Diana Munz, Lindsey won her silvers in the 200m breaststroke and the 100m fly. Rachelle achieved a championship record in the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:23:66, the championship record in the 1500m freestyle with a time of 16:00:18, the championship record for the 50m fly with the time of 25:84 and the championship record in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 7:55:70.

2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games

Lindsey won four gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in the women's 100m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 400m individual relay and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Benko, Jeffrey and Komisarz. Lindsey won three silver medals in the 2004 Olympic in the women's 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke and the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Kara Lynn Joyce, Coughlin and Amanda Weir. Lindsey became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win seven medals in one Olympiad. Rachelle also achieved the American record time for the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay with the time of 3:36:39 and the world record time for the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay with the time of 7:53:42.

2005-2006

At the 11th World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada Rachelle won six golds, seven silvers and two bronze medals. Rachelle won her golds in the women's 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Katie Hoff and Whitney Myers. She won her silvers in the women's 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Jessica Hardy and Komisarz. Rachelle won her bronze medals in the 200m backstroke and the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer and Weir. Rachelle achieved the world record time for the women's 50m breaststroke with the time of 30:45, the championship record in the 200 m individual medley with the time of 2:10:41, the championship record in the 400 m individual medley with the time of 4:36:07, the championship record for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 7:53:70.

At the 10th Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, Canada Lindsey won a total of 18 medals - nine gold, four silver and five bronze medals. She won her gold medals in the women's 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Weir, Coughlin and Nymeyer, 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Nymeyer and Vollmer, and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Hardy and Komisarz. Rachelle achieved the championship record in the 200m backstroke with a time of 2:08:86, the championship record in the 100m butterfly with a time of 57:30, the world record in the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:05:40, the championship record in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay with the time of 3:35:80, the championship record in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 7:54:62 and the championship record in the 4 x 100m medley relay with a time of 3:58:38. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle and the 100m breaststroke, Rachelle won her bronze medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and the 10K Open Water.

2007 World Aquatics Championships

At the 12th World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Rachelle won 16 medals in total - seven golds and nine silvers. She won her gold medals in the women's 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay while teaming up with Coughlin, Vollmer and Nymeyer, She achieved the championship record in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:05:72, the championship record in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:10:13, the world record in the 400m individual medley with a time of 4:32:89 and the world record in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay with a time of 7:50:99. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Nymeyer, and Wier and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Tara Kirk and Komsiarz.

2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games

In Rachelle's second Olympic Games appearance, she won six gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal. She won the gold medals in the 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, 400m individual relay and 10 K Open Water. She achieved the world record in the 200m freestyle with the time of 1:54:82, the world record in the 200m backstroke with the time of 2:05:24, the Olympic Record in the 100m breaststroke with the time of 1:05:17, the world record in the 200m butterfly with the time of 2:04:18 and the world record in the 400m individual relay with the time of 4:29:25. She won her silver medals in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Nymeyer and Dara Torres, and the 4 x 100 m medley relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Rebecca Soni and Christine Magnuson. She achieved the American record in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay with the time of 3:34:33 and the American record in the 4 x 100m medley relay with a time of 3:53:30. Rachelle won her bronze medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Allison Schmitt, Coughlin and Caroline Burckle while she achieved the American record in that event with a time of 7:46:33.

2009 World Aquatics Championships

At the 13th World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, Rachelle won 12 gold medals and three silver medals. She won the gold medals in the women's 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, and the 400m individual medley. Rachelle achieved the world record in the 100m freestyle with the time of 52:07, the world record in the 200m freestyle with the time of 1:52:98, the world record in the 400m freestyle with the time of 3:59:15, the championship record in the 800m freestyle with the time of 8:15:92, the championship record in the 1500m freestyle with the time of 15:44:93, the world record in the 50m backstroke with the time of 27:06, the world record in the 100m backstroke with the time of 58:12, the world record in the 200m backstroke with the time of 2:04:81, the world record in the 50m breaststroke with the time of 30:09, the world record in the 200m butterfly with the time of 2:03:41 and the championship record in the 400m individual medley with the time of 4:30:31. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Vollmer, Nymeyer and Ariana Kukors.

2010 Pan Pacific Championships

At the 11th Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, USA, Rachelle won six gold medals, nine silver medals and six bronze medals. Rachelle won her gold medals in the women's 1500m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Hardey and Weir, the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Vollmer, Morgan Scroggy and Katie Hoff and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Coughlin, Soni and Vollmer. Rachelle achieved the championship record in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:09:93, the championship record for the 4 x 100m freestyle relay with the time of 3:35:11, the championship record for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 7:51:21 and the championship record for the 4 x 100m medley relay with the time of 3:55:23. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly and the 400m individual medley. Rachelle won her bronze medals in the 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly and the 10 K Open Water.

2011 Pan American Games

At the 16th Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Rachelle won five gold medals, five silver medals and five bronze medals. Rachelle won her gold medals in the women's 800m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Madison Kennedy, Elizabeth Pelton and Amanda Kendall and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, teaming up with Catherine Breed, Pelton and Chelsea Nauta and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Annie Chandler, Claire Donahue, and Kendall. Rachelle achieved the Pan American Games record for the 4 x 100m freestyle relay with the time of 3:40:66, for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 8:01:18 and for the 4 x 100m medley relay with the time of 4:01:00. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and the 10 K Marathon. Rachelle won her bronze medals in the 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m breaststroke and the 200m butterfly.

2012 London Summer Olympic Games

In Rachelle's third Olympic Games appearance she won 15 medals in total - eight gold medals, six silver medals and one bronze medal. Rachelle won the gold medals in the women's 400m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly,400m individual medley, 4 x 200m freestyle medley, teaming up with Missy Franklin, Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Schmitt and Lauren Perdue, 4 x 100 m medley relay, teaming up with Franklin, and Schmitt, and 10 K Open Water. Rachelle achieved the Olympic Record for the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:01:45, the world record for the 100m butterfly with the time of 55:98, the Olympic record in the 200m butterfly with the time of 2:04:06, the world record for the 400m individual medley with the time of 4:28:43, both the Olympic and American records for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with the time of 7:42:92 and the world record for the 4 x 100m medley relay with the time of 3:52:05. Rachelle won her silver medals in the 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley. Rachelle won her bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, teaming up with Franklin, Hardy and Lisa Neal while achieving the American record for the event with the time of 3:34:24.

2013 World Aquatics Championship

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Rachelle won nine gold medals and eight silver medals. Rachelle won her gold medals in the women's 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Franklin, Coughland and Megan Romano and the 4 x 100m medley relay, teaming up with Franklin Hardy and Romano. Rachelle won her silver medals in the women's 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly and the 400m individual medley.

Personal Life
In 2007 Rachelle married Olympic rower Travis Weston in a private ceremony in Lindsey's hometown of San Mateo, California

Rachelle has a tattoo of a small heart on her right hip and a tattoo on her right ribcage. She also has a belly button piercing.

Sibling(s): Tom Brady (brother), Julie Brady (sister), Kevin Youkilis (brother in-law), Gisele Bundchen (sister in-law), Ashlynn Weston (sister in-law)

Family Member(s): John Brady (nephew), Benjamin Brady (nephew), Vivian Brady (niece), Lindsey Brady (niece)