Lilly King

Lilly King is the kind of competitor I find easy to root for. Born in Evansville, Indiana, in 1997 and sharpened at Indiana University Bloomington, she built her name on breaststroke, the most punishing event in the pool. At the 2016 Rio Olympics she took gold in the 100-meter breaststroke and another in the medley relay, then collected a Honda Sports Award in 2019. What impresses me is her refusal to flinch when the moment gets big; that nerve, achieved so young, suggests a will that will carry her well beyond swimming. She is proof that grit photographs every bit as well as talent.

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Name (English)

Lilly King

Name (Japanese)

リリー・キング

Reading

りりー・きんぐ

Born

February 10, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Height

176 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

High school

FJ Reitz High School

University

Indiana University Bloomington

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/_king_lil/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly%20King
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25028591

Tags

• Indiana
• swimmer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.