Lydia Jacoby Biography, Boyfriend, Lifestyle & Income

Lydia Alice Jacoby (born February 29, 2004) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke and individual medley events. She won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke and the silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for an Olympic Games, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter breaststroke when she was 17 years old.
Jacoby sang and played double bass as part of a bluegrass band named the Snow River String Band for six years performing at the Anchorage Folk Festival multiple times. In addition to bass and singing, Jacoby can play guitar and piano. She has also served on her high school paper as a columnist and appeared in Port City Players productions more than once.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacoby was out of the pool for two months and found other forms of staying active including skiing and running with ice cleats. Jacoby and her father made a makeshift weight rack in the garage during the pandemic so she could continue lifting weights as well. When pools re-opened in Alaska, the pool in Seward remained temporarily closed so Jacoby practiced at Service High School in Anchorage with the Northern Lights Swim Club. Her mother, Leslie Jacoby, helped with commuting to the pool and renting an apartment to make swim practices.

Lydia Jacoby Early life and Education Details

Lydia Jacoby was born in Anchorage, Alaska and raised in Seward, Alaska. She started swimming when she was 6 years old with her local swim team, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club. By the time Jacoby was 12 years old, she had broken her first Alaska state record in swimming.

Jacoby attended Seward High School in Seward, where she swam as part of the high school swim team, setting high school state records for Alaska in the 100-yard breaststroke in both 2018 and 2019. In 2020 she didn't compete on the school swim team due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead choosing to be home-schooled. Autumn 2021, Jacoby plans to return to Seward High School for her senior year.

At the end of the 2020 year, Jacoby committed to swimming in college for the University of Texas at Austin starting in the Fall of 2022. One of the college majors she expressed interest in at the time of committing to the University of Texas was fashion design.

Jacoby 2020 Summer Olympics Records, Medals & Achievements

Jacoby was one of eleven teenage swimmers on the USA Olympic Swimming Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was one of ten teenage female swimmers to make the team. In the 100 meter breaststroke, she was one of 46 entrants in the event for the year's Olympic Games.

On day two of competition, Jacoby swam in the prelims of the 100 meter breaststroke, finishing in a time of 1:05.52. Overall she ranked second in the prelims, behind South African Tatjana Schoenmaker who swam a 1:04.82 and ahead of American teammate Lilly King who finished with a time of 1:05.55. Jacoby swam a 1:05.72 in the semifinals and advanced to the final ranking third overall. In the final she swam a time of 1:04.95 and won the gold medal. Her medal was the first gold medal won by an American woman in swimming at the 2020 Olympics. It was also the first medal won by an Alaska-born swimmer at an Olympic Games. Her swim also set a new National Age Group record for American girls in the 17–18 year old age group.

On day eight, Jacoby swam in her first relay at the 2020 Olympics, swimming the breaststroke leg of the 4x100 meter mixed medley relay and helping the relay place fifth along with relay teammates Ryan Murphy, Torri Huske, and Caeleb Dressel. For her 100 meter portion of the relay, Jacoby swam a 1:05.09 without her goggles as they came off her eyes when she dove into the pool to start her swim. On the final day, Jacoby won her second medal, a silver medal as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay consisting of her, Regan Smith, Torri Huske, and Abbey Weitzeil in the final of the event. Jacoby swam a 1:05.03 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.

Awards

Jacoby was the sole female recipient in Alaska in 2018 of the "Outstanding Competitor" award in swimming and diving from the Alaska School Activities Association and First National Bank Alaska. The award is presented annually to two selected athletes, one female and one male, who compete at the Alaska State Swim and Dive Championship. On May 4, 2021, the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors selected Jacoby as the recipient of the girls "Pride of Alaska Award" for 2021. She was the first swimmer to receive the award.

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