To say that Nic Fink’s competitive resumé is extensive is to understate the case. He is a six-time long course world champion (NB: Olympic swimming in a 50m pool is long course), winning the 50m breaststroke and 4x100m mixed medley relay in 2022; earning a 4x100m medley relay gold in 2023; and claiming three more golds in the 100m breaststroke, 4x100m medley and 4x100m mixed medley in 2024.
Not to be overlooked are his three long course world championships silver medals and four bronze medals, and the 12 medals he claimed at the short course world championships of 2021 and 2022 (seven golds, four silvers, one bronze).
At the US Olympic Trials in June, Nic scored a nail-biting win by 0.08 in the 100m breaststroke final, a victory that he hopes will be the springboard to a podium place in Paris. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, he placed fifth in the 200m breaststroke.
In addition to training and competing at the highest level in swimming, Nic works full-time as an engineer. He is married to Melanie Margalis, an Olympic gold medalist swimmer; they are expecting their first child in September.
Paris Results:
Silver medal, 100m breaststroke (59.05).
Gold medal, 4x100m mixed medley relay (3:37.43, WR).
Silver medal, 4x100m men’s medley relay (3:28.01).