Claire Curzan

Claire Curzan, a 22-year-old American swimmer from Cary, North Carolina, has been competing since 2012. She is a two-time Olympian and a world champion. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she earned a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay by swimming the preliminary butterfly leg. In 2024, she captured her first senior international individual gold medal in the 100 meter backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships. Curzan holds several junior world records in the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly (long course) and the 50 and 100 meter butterfly (short course). She also holds American records in the short course 50 meter backstroke and 50 meter butterfly, and formerly held the American record in the 100 yard butterfly.

Curzan started swimming at age three. As a 15-year-old, she qualified for her first major international meet, the 2019 World Junior Championships, where she won silver in the 100 meter backstroke and bronze in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, she took bronze in both butterfly events. In 2022, she added a bronze in the 100 meter backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships, plus silvers in the 50 and 200 meter backstroke and a bronze in the 100 meter backstroke at the World Short Course Championships. She currently swims for the Virginia Cavaliers. At 5'8", her athletic build suits her sprint backstroke and butterfly specialties.