Anicka Delgado

2018 Youth Olympics As a youngster at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was introduced to international competition early, competing against 36 participants from 35 countries. She competed in the 50, 100, and 200-meter freestyle events, and the 50, and 100-meter butterfly. Well trained and conditioned at an early age, her best time was a 26.80 in the 50-meter butterfly which placed her fifth overall in the finals.

University of Southern California

Delgado competed for the University of Southern California from 2020-2024 where she swam in her early years for Coach Catherine Vogt Kase and later as an upperclassman for Lea Maurer, a 1992 Olympic gold medalist and former Stanford Coach. In her Freshman year, Delgado participated in only three regular season meets with USC, taking time to train for the Olympics and compete internationally, yet still won a Pacific Coast-12 championship. Annika was a College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All American in four events at USC in her Senior year in the 2023-4 season, and was a Pacific Coast-12 Champion in four events. She competed most successfully in the 50, 200 and 400 freestyle events, as well as the 50 and 200 medley.

As a college Junior in the 2022-2023 season, she set a 200-meter National Long Course freestyle record for Ecuador of 2:02.54. In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.

2024 Paris Olympics Anicka represented Ecuador in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, as the only female competitor. She competed in the 50-meter freestyle where she placed 26th overall with a time of 25.43. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden took the gold, Meg Harris of Australia took the silver, and Zhang Yufei of China took the bronze medal.