Olympic swimmer who trained in New Canaan during pandemic takes bronze in Tokyo
Grace Duffield
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Kate Douglass competes in a semifinal heat for the Women’s 200m Individual Medley during Day Three of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CHI Health Center on June 15 in Omaha, Nebraska.Tom Pennington / Getty Images
Kate Douglass, granddaughter of New Canaan Constable Ed Vollmer, has won a bronze medal in swimming for the women s 200-meter individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics.
The 19-year-old student attending the University of Virginia, majoring in statistics and minoring in data science, won the medal in the Olympics while swimming with two other teammates Alex Walsh and Paige Madden.