Hali Flickinger

Hali Flickinger (born July 7, 1994) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly and individual medley events. She currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Internationally, she won silver in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay as a member of the prelim team and bronze in the 200 meter individual medley at the 2011 FINA Swimming World Cup meet in Moscow, Russia.[2] Flickinger qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 200 meter butterfly. She finished 7th in the finals. Collegiately, she helped the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving women's team win the NCAA Division I women's team title in 2013 and again in 2014 and in 2016.[3][4]

Hali Flickinger
Personal information
National teamUnited States
Born (1994-07-07) July 7, 1994
York, Pennsylvania
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle, butterfly, medley
ClubCali Condors[1]
Sun Devil Swimming
College teamUniversity of Georgia
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  United States
World Championships (LC)
2017 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju200 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
2015 Gwangju 200 m butterfly
2015 Gwangju 400 m medley

Career

High school career

Flickinger grew up in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, and swam for coach Michael Brooks at the York YMCA Aquatic Club. She graduated from Spring Grove Area High School, where she was a three-time Scholastic All-American. She was the national champion at the 2011 and 2012 YMCA Short Course national championships in the 200 yard butterfly, where she set a new event record both years.[5][6]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flickinger placed 7th in 200 meter butterfly.[7]

International Swimming League

In 2019 she was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League representing the Cali Condors, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Flickinger won several events for the Condors including her specialty the 200 meter butterfly at the final.[8]

See also

References
  1. Keith, Braden (December 9, 2019). "cali-condors-unveil-roster-for-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  2. "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011 Results at a Glance" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  3. Eggers, Nikki (March 23, 2014). "Georgia women's swim and dive picks up sixth national championship". Athens Banner-Herald. Morris Communications. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  4. Arsenault, Bill (January 18, 2014). "The best is yet to come' for Georgia swimmer Hali Flickinger, Spring Grove grad". The Hanover Evening Sun. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  5. "Hali Flickinger Biography". UGA Athletics Department. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  6. "FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011 Results at a Glance". Swimming World. Sports Publications International, Inc. April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  7. Durham, John (August 10, 2016). "hali-flickinger-finishes-th-in-butterfly-olympic-final". The Red & Black (University of Georgia).
  8. Keith, Braden (December 21, 2019). "international-swimming-league-finale-in-las-vegas-day-two-live-recap". SwimSwam.


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