Icelandic Olympic Finalist Hilda Luthersdottir Announces Retirement

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Two-time Olympian and 2016 Olympic finalist Hilda Luthersdottir announced her retirement from swimming on Instagram. Luthersdottir was a finalist in Rio in the 100 breast where she placed sixth. She also finished eleventh in the 200.

Luthersdottir’s best international achievements came at the 2016 European Championships where she won the silver medal in the 100 (1:06.45) and bronze in the 200 (2:22.96) where she set the Icelandic records that still stand today.

Luthersdottir swam four years at the University of Florida for Gregg Troy where she was an honorable mention All American three out of the four years she competed. She finished 12th her senior year in the 100 breast at the 2014 NCAA’s (59.65) and was 19th in the 200 (2:09.75).

Luthersdottir improved dramatically after college where she rose to a World Championship finalist in 2015, where she placed sixth in the 100 final and seventh in the 50. She also competed at the Worlds this past summer in Budapest where she was 17th in the 100 (1:07.54) and 10th in the 50 (30.71). The latter setting an Icelandic record.

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6 years ago

Aww