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During the 2021 USA Olympic Swimming Trials<\/a> in Omaha, Nebraska, each athlete signed a drum to signify becoming an official member of the Tokyo Olympic Team. While watching this monumental moment, some may have just considered this a right of passage. But Swimming World<\/em> was curious to investigate:\u00a0 How many righties and lefties are there on Team USA?<\/p>\n

Well, there are 45 “righties” and 7 “lefties” – 3 of those 52 athletes consider themselves ambidextrous! Here is the breakdown:<\/p>\n

Righties (Men)<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Michael Andrew<\/li>\n
  2. Zach Apple<\/li>\n
  3. Bowe Becker<\/li>\n
  4. Gunnar Bentz<\/li>\n
  5. Michael Brinegar<\/li>\n
  6. Patrick Callan<\/li>\n
  7. Caeleb Dressel<\/li>\n
  8. Nic Fink<\/li>\n
  9. Bobby Finke<\/li>\n
  10. Townley Haas<\/li>\n
  11. Zach Harting<\/li>\n
  12. Chase Kalisz<\/li>\n
  13. Drew Kibler<\/li>\n
  14. Jay Litherland<\/li>\n
  15. Bryce Mefford<\/li>\n
  16. Jake Mitchell<\/li>\n
  17. Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
  18. Tom Shields<\/li>\n
  19. Jordan Wilimovsky<\/li>\n
  20. Andrew Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Righties (Women)<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Haley Anderson**<\/li>\n
    2. Phoebe Bacon**<\/li>\n
    3. Erika Brown<\/li>\n
    4. Claire Curzan<\/li>\n
    5. Catie DeLoof<\/li>\n
    6. Kate Douglass<\/li>\n
    7. Hali Flickinger<\/li>\n
    8. Brooke Forde<\/li>\n
    9. Katie Grimes<\/li>\n
    10. Natalie Hinds<\/li>\n
    11. Torri Huske<\/li>\n
    12. Lydia Jacoby<\/li>\n
    13. Lilly King<\/li>\n
    14. Katie Ledecky<\/li>\n
    15. Paige Madden<\/li>\n
    16. Simone Manuel<\/li>\n
    17. Katie McLaughlin<\/li>\n
    18. Allison Schmitt<\/li>\n
    19. Bella Sims<\/li>\n
    20. Olivia Smoliga<\/li>\n
    21. Ashley Twichell<\/li>\n
    22. Alex Walsh<\/li>\n
    23. Abbey Weitzeil<\/li>\n
    24. Emma Weyant<\/li>\n
    25. Rhyan White<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Lefties (Men)<\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. Hunter Armstrong<\/li>\n
      2. Brooks Curry<\/li>\n
      3. Ryan Murphy**<\/li>\n
      4. Kieran Smith<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Lefties (Women)<\/h2>\n
          \n
        1. Annie Lazor<\/li>\n
        2. Regan Smith<\/li>\n
        3. Erica Sullivan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Ambidextrous<\/h2>\n

          Someone who is ambidextrous is able to use both their right and left hand equally as well.<\/p>\n

          \u2022Phoebe Bacon<\/h4>\n
          “I usually write with my right hand but I\u2019m ambidextrous!”<\/div>\n

          \u2022Haley Anderson<\/h4>\n
          “I write with my right and do most things with my right, but throw and do sports stuff with my left.”<\/div>\n
          <\/div>\n
          As Tom Shields noted, Haley is “crazy talented like that. Ambidextrous in sport, too.” Haley earned a spot on Team USA in open water but also swam at the Olympic Trials in Omaha, placing 4th in both the 1500<\/a> and 400 freestyle<\/a> and 3rd in the 800.<\/a><\/div>\n

          \u2022Ryan Murphy<\/h4>\n
          “It depends what I\u2019m doing, but I write lefty! I basically throw, write, kick with left. But if I\u2019m holding something, I’m a righty. So I golf and bat right.”<\/div>\n
          <\/div>\n

          Note: All findings are from watching the drum signing and\/or confirmed by the athletes themselves. Whether Team USA Tokyo Olympian Andrew Seliskar is a righty or lefty is unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n

          <\/div>\n
          ~Are you right-handed, left-handed, or ambidextrous?~<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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