Elaine Breeden

Elaine Breeden Penrose (born November 18, 1988), née Elaine Breeden, is an American competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist.

Elaine Breeden

Personal information
Full name	Elaine Breeden Penrose
National team	United States
Born	(1988-11-18) November 18, 1988 (age 36) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Stanford Swimming
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 4x100 m medley Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m medley 2011 Guadalajara 100 m butterfly Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 4x100 m medley

Breeden qualified to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first, respectively, in those events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, she advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100-meter butterfly, and finished seventh in the final of the women's 200-meter butterfly. She earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.^[1][2]

Breeden attended Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal women's swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2007 to 2010. As a college swimmer, she was a three-time NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly (2007, 2009, 2010), as well as the NCAA champion in the 100-yard butterfly (2010). She received a total of 24 All-American honors.