Torri Huske Biography, Age, Height, Nationality, Education, Parents, Career

Torri Huske is an American competitive swimmer who is the Olympic champion in the 100-meter butterfly and won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She previously held the American records for the 50- and 100-meter butterfly. At the 2022 Fina World Championships, Huske won three gold and three bronze medals and became one of only four American women to win six medals at a single World Championships.

Huske competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and earned a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay by swimming the butterfly leg in the final. She also finished fourth in the 100-meter butterfly and fifth in the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, she won five gold medals and one silver medal. In the 2021 World Short Course Championships, she secured two gold medals and one silver medal in relay events.

“I left it all out there in the pool and it might not have been the time that I was necessarily looking for, but to even medal at my first ever Olympics is something that I don’t think many people get to say and I’m honored, truly.” ¹

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Torri Huske Biography

Torri Huske whose Chinese name is Jian Ai was born on December 7, 2002, in Virginia, USA and she is 21 years old as of 2023. She is an American by nationality and follows the Christian religion. Her height is 5′ 8″ inches.

Torri Huske Education

Torri Huske started swimming at age six with the Arlington Aquatic Club. She wore a wetsuit during practice during her first two years with AAC because she was always cold.

Torri Huske Parents

Torri Huske’s father is Jim Huske and her mother is Ying Weng Huske, who was born in Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China.

“My mom has a cool story. She studied architecture in China but she absolutely hated it, so later she studied engineering at Virginia Tech, and she didn’t like engineering that much either, and then she became like an IT person.” ²]

Torri Huske Career Journey

In August 2019, Torri Huske won six medals at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won five gold medals and one silver. On August 21, she set a new world junior record in the mixed 4×100m medley relay with a butterfly split of 58.04 seconds. The next day, she won silver in the 100m freestyle, finishing 0.8 seconds.

On August 23, she won gold in the 50m butterfly with a time of 25.70 seconds. On August 24, she won gold in the 4×100m freestyle relay with a split of 54.50 seconds. On the final day, August 25, she won gold in the 100m butterfly with a time of 57.71 seconds and broke her own National Age Group record. She also won gold in the 4×100m medley relay with a butterfly split of 57.86 seconds.

Huske won the 100m butterfly at the Toyota U.S. Open Winter National Championships with a time of 57.48 seconds. Her performances earned her the Swammy Award for “Age Group Swimmer of the Year”.

In November 2020, the Toyota US Open National Championships were held and Huske finished first in the 100m freestyle with a time of 54.04 seconds. She also placed second in the 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley, seventh in the 200m butterfly, ninth in the 50m freestyle, and 28th in the 100m backstroke.

At the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, Huske set a new American record in the 100m butterfly semifinals with a time of 55.78 seconds. The next day, she broke her record with a time of 55.66 seconds and qualified for the 2020 USA Olympic Team. She also placed third in the 50m freestyle and fourth in the 200m individual medley.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Huske finished fourth in the 100m butterfly. She also placed fifth in the 4×100m mixed medley relay. She won a silver medal in the 4×100m medley relay.

At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, Huske won gold in the 4×100m freestyle relay, 4×50m freestyle relay, and silver in the 4×200m freestyle relay. She also competed in several individual events and placed fourth in the 50m butterfly and sixth in the 100m freestyle.

In January 2022, Huske competed in dual meets for Stanford and won multiple events. At the 2022 Pac-12 Championships, she won five events, including the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly, and was named Swimmer of the Meet.

At the 2022 NCAA Championships, Huske set a pool record in the 4×200 yard freestyle relay. She placed second in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly, and third in the 4×100 yard medley relay.

In late April 2022, Huske competed at the International Team Trials won three events, and secured her spot on Team USA for the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest.

At the 2022 FINA World Championships, Torri Huske won three gold and three bronze medals. She became the fourth-fastest woman in history in the 100m butterfly and one of only four American women to win six medals at a World Championships. She was named Ultra Swimmer of the Month for June 2022 for her performance. ²wikipedia Torri Huske likes painting too and she often does it in her free time.

“And they had the most beautiful house like, picture perfect, flowers everywhere. It was a really beautiful house. I took some pictures of it while I was there, and I thought it was kind of special because that was the first time I ever visited the campus, and I’d be going there next year. So I decided to paint a part of the house.” ³

Awards and Honors of Torri Huske

At the 2022 Women’s Pac-12 Conference Championships, Torri was named Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Meet.
In November 2021, she was recognized as the Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Month.
Swimming World highlighted her in “The Week That Was” in November 2021 and ranked her second.
SwimSwam ranked her 21st in their Top 100 Women’s list for 2022.
She received the SwimSwam Swammy Award for Age Group Swimmer of the Year.
In 2019, she also won the SwimSwam Swammy Award for Age Group Swimmer of the Year.
USA Today included her in their “10 to Watch” list for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She was a four-time recipient of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American award from 2017 to 2021.
The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association named her an Academic All-American High School Swimmer for 2020–2021.
The Washington Post named her Swimmer of the Year in both 2018 and 2019.
Swimming World-honored her as High School Swimmer of the Year in 2019 and 2021.
Ultra Swim awarded her the Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month title in June 2021.
USA Today also named her High School Swimmer of the Year in 2021.
She appeared again in SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2022, ranked at number 21.
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America recognized her as a Division I All-American in six events.
Swimming World ranked her 18th in their Pre-World Championships Rankings of the Top 25 Female Swimmers in the World.
Stanford honored her as the Stanford Conference Athlete of the Year for Women’s Swimming and Diving in 2022.
SwimSwam listed her among the Top 15 Women of the 2022 Fina World Championships, placing her fourth.
Ultra Swim named her Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month again in June 2022.
The Athletic included her in their College Sports 40 Under 40 list, highlighting top young coaches, players, and influencers changing the game, making her the only swimmer named on August 23, 2022. ⁴