Rebecca Soni

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rebecca Soni
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Mar 18, 1987(1987-03-18)
Age	37
Birthplace	Freehold Borough
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Pisces

Rebecca Soni Biography

Rebecca Soni is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on March 18, 1987 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, United States. American ex-competition swimmer, who set the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke and won a gold medal at 2012 Olympics. Later, she retired from competitive swimming to start RISE mentors, an organization for Olympians that trains and inspires children athletes.

She participated in the Olympics together with Ryan Lotte.

Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a member of the U.S. national team, she currently holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay (long course).

As a 17-year-old at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Soni finished 15th overall in the 100-meter breaststroke and 11th overall in the 200-meter breaststroke. The following year, at the 2005 World Championship Trials, Soni just missed a spot on the 2005 World Aquatic team after finishing third in the 200-meter breaststroke behind Tara Kirk and Kristen Caverly. Soni also placed fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2005 Summer Universiade, Soni earned her first international medals by winning silver in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke and gold in the 4×100-meter medley relay. At the 2006 World Short Course Championships, Soni finished in 4th place in the 200-meter breaststroke. Just a few weeks before the 2006 National Championships, Soni underwent a procedure called radiofrequency ablation to help regulate her heartbeat. Although it was not health-threatening, Soni would sometimes experience a high heart rate which sometimes interfered with her training. At the 2006 National Championships, the selection meet for the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, Soni finished tenth overall in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke.

She was in a relationship with Ricky Berens, a fellow swimmer.

Rebecca Soni Net Worth

Rebecca Soni is one of the richest Swimmer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rebecca Soni 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied communication at USC.

She is the spokesperson for United Nations Foundation.

Soni was born in Freehold, New Jersey, in 1987, the daughter of Peter and Kinga Szőnyi. Soni’s parents are of Hungarian descent; they emigrated from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Besides English, Soni also speaks Hungarian. Soni has one older sister, Rita, who was also a swimmer. Originally a gymnast, Soni began swimming at the age of ten.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Rebecca Soni height 5 ft 8 in Rebecca weight 61 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Rebecca Soni Dating?

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Soni has won a total of twenty-two medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, seven silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Universiade, and the Pan Pacific Championships. She burst onto the international scene at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won two silver medals and one gold. In the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympics, she set the world record en route to winning gold, shocking Australian favorite Leisel Jones. Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Soni successfully defended her Olympic title in the 200-meter breaststroke in world record time, becoming the first woman to do so in the event.

Facts & Trivia

Rebecca Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rebecca Soni celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Soni set a meet record in the heats of the 100-meter breaststroke, with a time of 1:05.66. In the semi-final, Soni recorded a time of 1:04.84 to set a new world record and become the first female to finish under 1:05 for the event. In the final of the 100-meter breaststroke, Soni won the gold with a time of 1:04.93. Despite being the favorite in the 200-meter breaststroke, Soni went out too fast in the first half of the race and faded in the final meters, ultimately placing fourth. In the 50-meter breaststroke, Soni was narrowly beaten for the gold and the world record by two one-hundredths (0.02) of a second by Russian swimmer Yuliya Yefimova.

What is Rebecca Soni doing now?

Rebecca Soni Soni has also kept busy after announcing her retirement in 2014. She and Caroline Burckle (2008 Olympian and teammate), are cofounders of RISE Athletes. RISE Athletes is a mentoring program in which young athletes can have weekly video meetings with Olympic stars.

Where was Rebecca Soni born?

Freehold, NJ

Is Rebecca Soni retired?

SIX-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni today announced her retirement from professional swimming and the launch of her new lifestyle company and blog, The Atlas Ventures, aimed to encourage people of all ages to challenge themselves and explore opportunities outside of their comfort zone.

Where did Rebecca Soni swim?

Career. At USC, Soni was a six-time NCAA Champion, having won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2006 through 2009 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 2008 and

2009. Soni currently swims for the Trojan Swim Club in Los Angeles with coach Dave Salo, who also coaches breaststroke world-record holder Jessica Hardy.

Why did Rebecca Soni retire?

After the Olympics, Soni announced that she would be taking a year off from swimming to explore academic options and to deal with back pain that had been plaguing her.