Katya Bachrouche

Katya Bachrouche is a Lebanese-American swimmer who holds the Lebanese record in seven events. Bachrouche, who is a former six-time, state of Michigan champion and an All-American at the University of Virginia, has represented Lebanon in several international events such as, World University Games, Pan Arab Games, and the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. She is trilingual, speaking English, the Arabic dialect of Lebanon, and Spanish.

2012 Olympic Games Bachrouche qualified in three events for the Olympics (200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle) but only participated in one event at the Olympics, the 800 freestyle because she believed she had the best chance to do well due to her best time being 8:44.5, which is well under the Olympic selection time of 8:51.82. She finished in the top 20, placing 19th out of 35 swimmers with a time of 8:35.88, taking nearly 9 seconds off of her personal record while being eliminated in the first round.