About this episode
Kim Vandenberg won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Team USA's 4x200 Free Relay at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She qualified and swam at 5 straight US Olympic Trials, capturing the dreaded 3rd place in the 200 Fly 2 times. Kim is a mentor for Rise Athletes , a Fitter & Faster coach, a serious Yogi, world traveler, and small business owner. On top of all that, she is a graduate student studying Psychology at Pepperdine University with aspirations of receiving her doctorate and opening up her own practice in the future. She once won French Nationals and believes the 200 Free is way harder than the 200 Fly. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro 00:15 Destro Swim Towers 00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard 01:18 Kim Vandenberg where are you coming from 02:10 LA vs. NY 02:45 How'd you get into swimming? 04:00 Doubles at 12 Years Old 06:00 You were a 50 Freestyler!? 06:45 Ron & Don Heidary 07:15 Why UCLA? Cyndi Gallagher . 08:30 Freshman Year 09:00 Greg Meehan, Assistant Coach 10:40 Dana Kirk, Mary Decenza, & Kaitlin Sandeno 11:10 Going Pro After College 12:15 Training with Club Wolverine, Bowman, Phelps 12:45 Won 200 Fly at Nationals, signed with Speedo 13:15 Klete Keller 15:25 Competing in 5 Olympic Trials 21:50 Qualifying in 2008 for the Olympics 23:30 200 Free 25:20 3rd Place in 200 Fly 31:30 All these different coaches 32:45 2012 Olympic Trials Heartbreak 37:20 Was the 200 Fly your baby? 39:45 Being a Mentor 42:15 Proud Olympian 43:15 Kim's Future 44:20 Team USA Invincibility 45:45 Favorite Place 46:15 Favorite Food Destro Swim Towers : use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! Connect: Find | Brett Hawke On Instagram @hawkebr on Twitter @insidewithbh On Facebook @insidewithbh Find | Kim Vandenberg On Instagram On Twitter Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Sponsored by: Destro Swim Towers : use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! Supported by: Fitter & Faster