Who is Lydia Jacoby? Net Worth, Age, Height, Career, Wiki, Biography, Family

Lydia Alice Jacoby commonly known as  Lydia Jacoby is an American competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke and individual medley events, who has won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and the silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was the first swimmer from Alaska when she was 17 years old, to qualify for an Olympic Games, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Lydia was the overall highest scoring female American competitor for the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, in the international swimming competition. She won a silver medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay at the 2021 World Short Course Championships. Along with these, she has accumulated thousands of followers in her Instagram account. 

Lydia Jacoby Biography / Wiki

Lydia Jacoby was one of the famous swimmers taken birth in a middle-class American family on 2 February 2004 in Anchorage, Alaska, and grow up in Seward, Alaska along with her family, and siblings. She started swimming with her local swim team, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club when she was 6 years old. she had broken her first Alaska state record in swimming by the time Jacoby was 12 years old. 

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Lydia swam as part of the high school swim team on Seward High School in Seward, setting high school state records for Alaska in the 100-yard breaststroke in both 2018 and 2019. She didn’t compete on the school swim team due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, instead choosing to be home-schooled. 

Lydia returned for her senior year to Seward High School in fall 2021 as well as she completed her senior year swimming scholastically for Seward High School. Jacoby committed to swimming in college at the end of the 2020 year, for the University of Texas at Austin starting in the Fall of 2022. One of the college majors she expressed interest in at the time of committing to the University of Texas was fashion design.

Real Name	Lydia Jacoby
Nick Name	Lydia
Birth Place	Anchorage, Alaska
Date Of Birth	February 29, 2004
Age(as of 2022)	18 Years
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Nationality	American
Profession	Swimmer

Lydia Jacoby Age

As per Lydia Jacoby’s date of birth, her age is 18 years (as of now, in 2022).  She took birth on 29 February 2004 in Anchorage, Alaska, America. So, she celebrated her birthday every year on 29 February along with her family and friends. Her Zodiac sign is Pisces.

Lydia Jacoby Height and Weight

Lydia Jacoby’s height is about 5 feet 8 inches and her weight is approximately 60 kg.  She is an attractive girl with brown eyes and silky golden hair.  

Lydia Jacoby, State titles and making the U.S. Junior National Team in 2018–2019 

She was 14 years old when she first qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in late 2018. This first qualification was in the 100-meter breaststroke. She swam her qualifying time at the USA Swimming Winter Nationals swim meet in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jacoby won titles in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley at the Alaska High School State Championships in the same year.  

Jacoby broke the Alaska state record in 2019 with a time of 1:00.61 which she set in the girl’s 100-yard breaststroke in 2018. Her swim also won her the title in Alaska State High School Championships in the event of 2019. She won the junior national champion title in the 100 breaststrokes at the Speedo Junior National Championships in August 2019. 

International breakthrough in 2020-2021

She was one of 12 swimmers in the history of the state of Alaska to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming in 2020. Jacoby competed in the Aqua Dog 2020 swim meet swimming the long course 50-meter freestyle seven times with her fastest time swum a 29.27 on February 21, 2020. In early October 2020, Jacoby competed for Seward in a Seward-Homer Dual Meet in Homer, Alaska where she won her two individual events including the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.95. 

U.S. Open National Championships in San Antonio, Texas Jacoby swam a personal record of 1:07.57 in the 100-meter breaststroke in 2020. In January 2021, Jacoby broke the minute mark in her 100-yard breaststroke swimming a time of 59.87, at the 2021 NLSC Winter Time Trial. Jacoby lowered her 100-yard breaststroke time to 59.35 and her 200-yard breaststroke to 2:08.61 at the end of March 2021. 

TYR Pro Swim Series – Mission Viejo in 2021

Jacoby took second place in the finals of the 100-meter long course breaststroke at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet in Mission Viejo, California with a personal record time of 1:06.38 in April 2021. Jacoby’s swim was the sixth-fastest time in the world for women in the event so far in the 2021 year. Jacoby competed in seven individual events at the 2021 Alaska Senior Championship from April 30 to May 2, 2021, including swimming a 1:16.28 in the long course 100-meter backstroke by following the TYR Pro Swim Series – Mission Viejo meet. 

US Olympic Trials build-up in 2020

Jacoby was one of two swimmers from Alaska in 2020  to qualify for the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials. Jacoby was listed as a top-three pick by SwimSwam in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke for the 2020 Olympic Trials held in June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the top 2 finishers qualify for the USA Olympic Team) on May 24, 2021. Jacoby was called a “Dark Horse Threat” to the women’s 200-meter breaststroke event for the upcoming US Olympic Trials by SwimSwam in part due to her 15th place seedtime and in part, due to her stroke’s similarity to the stroke of Leisel Jones on June 10, 2021. 

USA Swimming Olympic Trials in 2020

On June 14, 2021, Jacoby competed in the prelims of the 100-meter breaststroke, swimming a 1:06.40 and coming in as the 4th fastest swim for all heats in the morning on day two of the Olympic Trials. Jacoby qualified for her first US Olympic Team in the 100-meter breaststroke and lowered her National Age Group record from the day before when she was 17 years old. 

Summer Olympics in 2020

She was one of ten teenage female swimmers to make the team. Jacoby was one of eleven teenage swimmers for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on the USA Olympic Swimming Team. She swam at a time of 1:04.95 in the final and won the gold medal, which gold medal was the first gold medal won by an American woman in swimming at the 2020 Olympics. Jacoby’s swims caught the attention of Time magazine, acknowledged her as a “fresh face” highlight of the US swim team at the Olympic Games.

Post-Olympic Games decompression 

Jacoby was welcomed home on August 5,  returning to Seward, Alaska following the Olympic Games, with a parade, and took a few weeks off from swimming to rest. Jacoby was named to the 2021–2022 USA Swimming National Team in the 100-meter breaststroke based on her performances earlier in 2021, in September, and it was the first time she made the US National Team, which is open to all ages. 

FINA Swimming World Cup in 2021

Jacoby competed in the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany on October 1. Jacoby won the silver medal in a personal best time of 30.04 seconds, finishing less than half a second after Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel in her third event in Berlin, the 50-meter breaststroke. On the second day in Budapest, Jacoby swam a 1:05.40 in the 100-meter breaststroke final, capturing the silver medal in the event. 

Awards season

The beginning of the 2021 awards season overlapped a bit with Jacoby competing at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, receiving her first nomination in late September, prior to the commencing of the World Cup competition, for the James E. Sullivan Award. She was one of four swimmers who represented the United States to receive three Golden Goggle Award nominations at the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the other three being Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, and Bobby Finke.

Jacoby balanced the recognition out with some last high school competition, winning state titles in the 100-yard breaststroke, 59.66 seconds, and 200-yard individual medley, 2:05.70, after receiving her awards nominations, for her high school senior, final, year of scholastic swimming for Seward High School at the 2021 Alaska State Swim and Dive Championship in early November.

Jacoby won the Golden Goggle Awards for “Breakout Performer of the Year” and “Female Race of the Year” on December 7. 

World Short Course Championships on 2021

Jacoby entered to compete in the 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter breaststroke individual events at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates starting on December 16. In the final of the 4×50 meter medley relay on day two, Jacoby split a 29.62 for the breaststroke leg of the relay, helping finals relay teammates Rhyan White, Claire Curzan, and Abbey Weitzeil achieve a 1:43.61 and win the silver medal.

Senior career in 2022

Jacoby placed third in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2022 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Illinois with a time of 1:06.87 at the age of one week less turning 18 years. In the 200 meter breaststroke, she placed third in the final with a 2:28.22. 

Lydia Jacoby Family

Lydia Jacoby took birth in a middle-class American family.  Richard Jacoby and Leslie Jacoby were the parents of Lydia. Her mother is a swim mom, who is president of the Seward Tsunami Swim Club and a race official on the pool deck. Lydia has not shared much information regarding her siblings as of now. However, our findings regarding her siblings are going on and we will update them as we receive any further information.

Lydia Jacoby Boyfriend

Lydia is young, talented, and looks stunning and captivating. Her fans are eager to know about her love life or whom she dates. Up to date, Lydia never disclosed anything related to her romantic relationship nor given any hint on her Instagram account. Until that happens we only can assume that Lydia’s relationship status is single and fully focused on her rising career. But there is no doubt that thousands of people have a crush on her but haven’t dated anyone. However, we are carrying out a detailed investigation regarding her boyfriend and we will update you guys as we get any valid information about her ex-relationship or whom she dating now.