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An alumnus of Indiana University, Lilly King is a professional swimmer with many titles and world records to her name, such as Olympics gold medals, NCAA Champion, and Big Ten Swimmer.
She has also performed exceptionally in many other championships such as World Aquatics Championships and Pan Pacific Championships. She has also participated in commercial leagues such as International Swimming League, which, along with her Olympics and NCAA titles have contributed greatly to her huge net worth and success.
Lilly King has a net worth of $2 million as of 2022.
There is no information about the annual earnings of Lilly King.
Lilly King is 5 ft 8 in (174 cm) tall.
Lilly King was born on February 10, 1997, so she turned 25 years old in February 2022.
Lillia Camille King was born in Evansville, Indiana, USA, to Mark and Ginny King, who were athletes themselves. Mark had run track and cross country at Indiana University and Ginny was a swimmer for Eastern Kentucky University and Illinois State University.
Lilly went to FJ Reitz High School. Their pool, known as the Lloyd Pool, was shared and often crowded, so Lilly added early morning workouts with local trainers and also joined Newburgh Sea Creatures, a local competitive swimming team. As a teenager, Lilly then took part in a junior national title and showed an outstanding performance, at a total of 1.20 seconds ahead of the runner up, Meghan Dressel, at the 2012 Winter Junior National Championships.
After Reitz High School, Lilly King attended Indiana University Bloomington where she was part of Indiana Hoosiers Swimming & Diving Team and won many accolades.
She also has a younger brother, Alex King who is a walk-on swimmer at University of Michigan.
There is no information available regarding the romantic life of Lilly King.
Lilly King holds many world records to her name, such as the 100m breaststroke at 1:04.13, which she set at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and the 50 meter breaststroke at 29.40, also at the World Aquatics Championships in 2017. She also holds the world record in 4x 100m Medley Relay at 3:50.40 at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Lilly started doing well in swimming right from college, with the title of NCAA Champion in 200 and 100m breaststroke during her freshman year. For the same, she was awarded the Big Ten Swimmer Of The Year, Big Ten Freshman Of The Year, First-Team All-Big Ten and four All-American Honors. She also set the record at Georgia Tech pool records.
Lilly then went to the 2016 US Olympic trials held at Omaha and won 200 and 100m breaststroke bearth and went to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, where she set the Olympic record at 1:04.93 for the 100m breaststroke and won a gold medal.
Lilly King then appeared at the 2017 US Nationals and qualified for the World Aquatics Championships wherein she won the 50, 100 and 200m events.
In 2018, Lilly once again qualified for the World Aquatic Championship by winning the US Nationals and won 50 and 100m breaststroke events. She also bagged 5th place at 200m breaststroke. She also took part in the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, Tokyo, where she won a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke event and silver medals in 200m breaststroke and 4x 100m medley relay.
Lilly King bagged her first World Championship medal at the 2019 event in 100 and 50m breaststroke category, setting the records at 1:04.93 and 29.84, respectively. She also created the world record in 4x 100m medley relay with Regan Smith, Kelsi Dahlia and Simone Manuel.
Her real fame came in 2019 as the inaugural member of the International Swimming League, where she was part of a San Francisco based swimming club, Cali Condors. She finished third in the final match at Las Vegas and is the only swimmer to have an undefeated record in all 16 events. She represented Cali Condors in the 2021 International Swimming League as well, where she won gold in the 200m and silver in the 50m breaststroke categories.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, King won silver medals in the 4x 100m Medley Relay and 200m breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke, which was just behind American Lydia Jacoby, who won the gold. These Summer Olympics increased Lilly's popularity as she showed true sportsmanship even after not winning.
SwimSwam Top 100 (Women's) listed Lilly King at number four in 2021 and number 12 in 2022.
As a senior in college, Lilly King was bestowed with a 2019 Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving.
In 2018, Evansville constructed the Deaconess Aquatic Centre and named the swimming pool after Lilly, due to her persistent efforts and success.
Lilly King is a foodie and is also fond of cooking. Her favourite meal to make is biscuits with gravy. Her pre-game ritual includes having a McDonald's double cheeseburger with coke. She also likes to read 'Harry Potter' and watch 'The X Files' in her free time.
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