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Alex Walsh
Alexandra Jane Walsh (born July 31, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. She is known for her versatility in all four strokes that has allowed her to have success in medley events. Growing up, Walsh was a phenom who started setting national age group records at 12 in 2014. She led her high school team to multiple state and national championships. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won three gold medals.
Walsh competed for the University of Virginia from 2020 to 2025. In her five NCAA Championships, she won 29 total medals, including 23 golds, and helped Virginia win team national titles all five times. At the 2020 Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley. Walsh won three gold medals at the 2022 World Championships and then won three golds, two silvers, and one bronze at the 2022 Short Course World Championships. The following year, she won a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. At the 2024 Short Course World Championships, she won two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes. Walsh won a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.
Walsh was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2001. Her parents are Robert and Glynis Walsh. Glynis also swam competitively and was captain of the Boston College women's swim team in 1993. Walsh has a younger sister, Gretchen Walsh.
The Walsh family moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, when Alex was young, and she attended Old Greenwich Elementary School. She began her competitive swimming career at age seven as a member of the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins. She later joined the Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club in Stamford, Connecticut. She swam in the summers for the Rocky Point Club.
At the age of 12, Walsh broke three 11–12 girl's national age group records in the 100 yard individual medley, 100 yard backstroke, and 200 yard breaststroke at the Connecticut Age Group Championships in March 2014. As a 12-year old, her 200-yard breaststroke time of 2:15.64 also set a new pool record at Wesleyan University.
In 2014, the Walsh family moved back to Nashville, Tennessee. There, she competed for the Nashville Aquatic Club, coached by John Morse and Doug Wharam. As a 13-year old, Walsh qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 m backstroke events. Later that year, Walsh broke Missy Franklin's national age group record in the 13–14 girl's 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:56.20.
In June and July, Walsh competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. She was a semi-finalist in the 100 and 200 m backstroke events, in which she placed 14th and 11th, respectively. Walsh then competed at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, in August. She won a silver medal.
Walsh attended middle and high school at Harpeth Hall School. She competed at the 2017 Junior World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, in August. She swam in the final of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, winning a silver medal. Walsh's high school team, coached by Polly Linden, captured the state swimming and diving championship in 2017.
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Alex Walsh
Alexandra Jane Walsh (born July 31, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. She is known for her versatility in all four strokes that has allowed her to have success in medley events. Growing up, Walsh was a phenom who started setting national age group records at 12 in 2014. She led her high school team to multiple state and national championships. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won three gold medals.
Walsh competed for the University of Virginia from 2020 to 2025. In her five NCAA Championships, she won 29 total medals, including 23 golds, and helped Virginia win team national titles all five times. At the 2020 Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley. Walsh won three gold medals at the 2022 World Championships and then won three golds, two silvers, and one bronze at the 2022 Short Course World Championships. The following year, she won a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. At the 2024 Short Course World Championships, she won two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes. Walsh won a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.
Walsh was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2001. Her parents are Robert and Glynis Walsh. Glynis also swam competitively and was captain of the Boston College women's swim team in 1993. Walsh has a younger sister, Gretchen Walsh.
The Walsh family moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, when Alex was young, and she attended Old Greenwich Elementary School. She began her competitive swimming career at age seven as a member of the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins. She later joined the Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club in Stamford, Connecticut. She swam in the summers for the Rocky Point Club.
At the age of 12, Walsh broke three 11–12 girl's national age group records in the 100 yard individual medley, 100 yard backstroke, and 200 yard breaststroke at the Connecticut Age Group Championships in March 2014. As a 12-year old, her 200-yard breaststroke time of 2:15.64 also set a new pool record at Wesleyan University.
In 2014, the Walsh family moved back to Nashville, Tennessee. There, she competed for the Nashville Aquatic Club, coached by John Morse and Doug Wharam. As a 13-year old, Walsh qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 m backstroke events. Later that year, Walsh broke Missy Franklin's national age group record in the 13–14 girl's 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:56.20.
In June and July, Walsh competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. She was a semi-finalist in the 100 and 200 m backstroke events, in which she placed 14th and 11th, respectively. Walsh then competed at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, in August. She won a silver medal.
Walsh attended middle and high school at Harpeth Hall School. She competed at the 2017 Junior World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, in August. She swam in the final of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, winning a silver medal. Walsh's high school team, coached by Polly Linden, captured the state swimming and diving championship in 2017.