Paris 2024: Gold Medalist Abbey Weitzeil Perfectly Juggles Wedding Bells and World-Class Swim Training in Her Third Olympics Outing

Cal alum Abbey Weitzeil is no stranger to the Olympic games. The 27-year-old has conquered the 50-yard freestyle like none other to represent her nation twice on the sport’s biggest stage. Today, adorning 4 Olympic medals, Weitzeil’s eyes on the Paris 2024 might seem a smoother path. However, add an unforeseen break and wedding preparations to the list and the champion has more to tackle.

Abbey Weitzeil made her Olympics debut in 2016 Rio- a relay gold and silver and two more at the 2020 Tokyo. However, just as she was making well noticeable progress, Weitzeil was faced with a tougher path when she failed to make Team USA at world championship trials in 2022. What followed was a block and a long break sparking uncertainty. But with recent revelations, the Olympian has made known she isn’t going anywhere.

2024 Paris Olympics in sight for Abbey Weitzeil

The NBC Bay Area recently posted coverage on Weitzeil prepping for the journey ahead at her alma mater. “You have a coaching staff that expects you to be excellent in any aspect of your life,” Weitzeil says. She is currently training under UC Berkeley and former Team USA coach Dave Durden who is helping her push through her break and into Paris 2024. A break that turned out to mean unexpectedly well for the swimming champion. “I think having that forced break was the best thing that could’ve happened,” she tells The Athletic.

However, while she found time to prioritize family and savor a break, getting back in the pool did not prove easy. “It was hard to get back in shape,” she says. But her love for the sport was enough to get the Olympian going. She won four relay medals at the 2023 World Championships. And now being under coach Durden’s guidance and training with people on the same path has Weitzeil ease into her life outside.

Wedding bells to ring soon for the Cal power couple

Abbey Weitzeil and Michael Jensen, a former Cal swimmer, announced their engagement back in November 2022. Now years into the status, the couple is all set to walk down the aisle in Napa this fall, and Weitzeil’s Instagram updates showcase the preparations. “He understands the tiredness. He understands how, you know, my recovery is so important,” Weitzel tells NBC. Having found her love and her passion, the swimming icon reveals 2024 to be big on exciting.

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As her words read, “the next few months are going to be a lot of swimming, recovery, and wedding preparations“. Through the process of it all, Abbey Weitzeil has one motto, ‘not to let her mind run’.

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