Bella Sims
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Arabella Gabrielle Sims |
Nickname | Bella |
| Born | May 25, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | freestyle |
| Club | Sandpipers of Nevada[1] |
| Coach | Ronald Aitken |
Medal record | |
Arabella Gabrielle Sims (born May 25, 2005) is an American swimmer and 2020 Olympic silver medalist.
2020 Olympics
[edit | edit source]At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials Sims finished fifth in the 200 freestyle, qualifying her for the relay team at the 2020 Olympics.[2] She was one of four high school athletes to make the United States team.[3] Entering the trials, she qualified for 11 of the 14 contested events.[4] At the Tokyo 2020 summer games (held in 2021), Sims earned a silver medal as part of the United States' Women's 4×200 m freestyle team. Although she swam in the preliminary heats of the event, her contribution helped the U.S. team advance to the final.[5]
International competition
[edit | edit source]At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest Sims swam in the preliminaries of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay recording a time of 1:55.91 which earned her a place in the final. The 17 year old then swam the anchor leg in the final with a split of 1:54.60 which was nearly three seconds quicker than her flat start personal best of 1:57.53. The Americans won the relay giving Sims her first gold medal in a major international championship.[6]
In March 2025, the International Testing Agency announced that Sims bore "no fault or negligence" for testing positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HTTZ) in September 2024 as her anti-inflammatory prescription medication was found to have been contaminated.[7] Therefore, she received no sanction and no results were disqualified.
| 2022 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold medal – first place | 4×200 m freestyle | 7:41.45 (CR) |
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External links
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Henderson, Nevada
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs