{"id":445886,"date":"2020-09-06T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T21:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=445886"},"modified":"2020-09-06T14:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T21:21:37","slug":"olympian-ariana-kukors-smith-welcomes-baby-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympian-ariana-kukors-smith-welcomes-baby-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"World Champion Ariana Kukors Smith, Husband Matthew Smith, Welcome Baby Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ariana Kukors Smith<\/strong> and husband <strong>Matthew Smith<\/strong> announced the birth of their first child on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker Michael Smith was born on Sept. 3. Kukors Smith made the announcement on social media on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"C4VMK\">\n<p><span class=\"\">&#8220;Whitaker Michael Smith (aka Whit), born on September 3rd at 12:02am, 7lbs 13oz and 21in \u2764\ufe0f Named after his Grandpa Christopher Whitaker Smith, a man who lives a life of tremendous principle with a heart of gold, and Uncle Michael, who brings the fun and light to every room. He came in a hurry&#8230; we walked into the hospital after 8pm and he was here less than 4 hours later&#8230; we know our little man will keep us on our toes from here on out. Our hearts are overflowing as we adjust to life with our sweet boy,&#8221; Ariana Kukors Smith posted on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEzuxuXAk_i\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEzuxuXAk_i\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whitaker Michael Smith (aka Whit), born on September 3rd at 12:02am, 7lbs 13oz and 21in \u2764\ufe0f Named after his Grandpa Christopher Whitaker Smith, a man who lives a life of tremendous principle with a heart of gold, and Uncle Michael, who brings the fun and light to every room. He came in a hurry&#8230; we walked into the hospital after 8pm and he was here less than 4 hours later&#8230; we know our little man will keep us on our toes from here on out. Our hearts are overflowing as we adjust to life with our sweet boy ?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arianakukors\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ariana Smith (Kukors)<\/a> (@arianakukors) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-09-06T20:21:03+00:00\">Sep 6, 2020 at 1:21pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kukors Smith was a finalist at the 2012 London Olympics in the 200 IM, finishing fifth. At the Rome 2009 World Championships dominated by shiny suits, she claimed gold over 200m medley in a World record of 2:06.15 on July 27, a day after taking the global standard down to 2:07.03 in the semi-final. They were two of 43 World records set in just eight days because of non-textile race apparel that was banned from January 1, 2010.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_445887\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445887\" data-attachment-id=\"445887\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympian-ariana-kukors-smith-welcomes-baby-boy\/ariana-kukors-baby-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ariana-kukors-baby-2-e1599427167201.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,1113\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ariana-kukors-baby 2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ariana-kukors-baby 2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Instagram\/Ariana Kukors Smith&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ariana-kukors-baby-2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ariana-kukors-baby-2-1012x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-445887\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ariana-kukors-baby-2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ariana-kukors-baby 2\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-445887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Instagram\/Ariana Kukors Smith<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Following her career, Ariana Kukors Smith has continued to be an outspoken advocate for sexual abuse awareness, detailing her own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/295036-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experience<\/a> with sexual abuse and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ariana-kukors-settles-in-hutchison-abuse-claim-with-usa-swimming-for-undisclosed-sum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking justice<\/a> to try to encourage people to come forward and not suffer in silence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Kukors Smith and husband Matthew Smith announced the birth of their first child on Sunday. 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