Cierra Runge
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Cierra Runge
| image = Cierra Runge & Missy Franklin after 200m free (18973448432).jpg
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| caption = Runge in 2014
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| national_team = {{USA}}
| strokes = Freestyle
| club = North Baltimore Aquatic Club
| collegeteam = University of California, Berkeley {{small|(2014–2015)}}
University of Wisconsin–Madison {{small|(2016–2017)}}
Arizona State University {{small|(2018–2020)}}
| coach = Bob Bowman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|3|7}}
| birth_place = Cochranville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| height = 6 ft 2.5 in
| weight = 187 lb
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Kazan | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Budapest|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Gold Coast|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Honolulu|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Honolulu|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Honolulu|100 m freestyle}}
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Cierra Runge (born March 7, 1996) is an American competition swimmer.
Career
Runge was born in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, to Scott and Diane Runge. She is a 2014 graduate of Octorara High School. She was on the Jennersville YMCA swim team when she was younger (Now KJAY Swim Team). She attended the University of California, Berkeley her freshman year under Teri McKeever and afterwards took a whole year off to focus her efforts on making the 2016 U.S. Olympic team. Runge came back to collegiate swimming attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she swam for head coach Whitney Hite. For her last two years of NCAA eligibility, she transferred to Arizona State University, where she worked with Bob Bowman.{{Cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/olympian-cierra-runge-leaving-wisconsin-program/ |title=Olympian Cierra Runge Leaving Wisconsin Program |last=Anderson |first=Jared |date=November 20, 2017 |website=SwimSwam |access-date=January 12, 2019}}
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Runge placed 25th in the 100-meter freestyle and 26th in the 50-meter freestyle.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001500FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre freestyle (heats) |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=March 3, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001400FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 50 metre freestyle (heats) |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=March 3, 2015}}
In 2013, she competed at the World Junior Swimming Championships and won four medals including gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
At the 2014 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for both the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, she finished second in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle, and 6th in the 200-meter freestyle.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010E010301001702FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2014 Phillips 66 National Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle (final) |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=March 3, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010E010301001802FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2014 Phillips 66 National Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=March 3, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010E010301001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2014 Phillips 66 National Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final) |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=March 3, 2015}}
At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, Runge placed 2nd in the 400-meter freestyle, 4th in the 1500-meter freestyle, and 5th in the 800-meter freestyle. In the 400-meter freestyle, she finished behind teammate Katie Ledecky, who set a world record.Jason Marsteller, "[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/katie-ledecky-smashes-400-free-world-record-nearly-clears-358-pan-pacific-championships-results/ Katie Ledecky Smashes 400 Free World Record, Nearly Clears 3:58! (Pan Pacific Championships Results)]," Swimming World Magazine (August 23, 2014). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
She most recently won a gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 4 x 200 freestyle relay.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- [http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209694814 Cierra Runge – University of California athlete profile at CalBears.com]
- {{USA Swimming|new_id=cierra-runge|archive=20210602215641}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=cierra-runge-873281|old_id=RU/Cierra-Runge|archive=20220131134708}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x200 m Freestyle Relay Women}}
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Category:American female freestyle swimmers
Category:California Golden Bears women's swimmers
Category:Wisconsin Badgers women's swimmers
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's swimmers
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Swimmers from Pennsylvania
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming