Katie Hoff

So far swimmer Katie Hoff has followed very much the same trajectory as swimming superstar Michael Phelps. Though four years younger Towson's Hoff, like Phelps, made an Olympic appearance at a young age (age 15), but did not win a medal. She has trained at the same facility, North Baltimore Aquatic Club in Mount Washington, as Phelps and also has pulled in an impressive amount of endorsement deals heading in to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Now with the Olympics only two weeks away, soon we'll see if she can stay in the path Phelps has blazed.

Hoff got her Olympic jitters out of the way at a young age. In the 2004 Olympics, Hoff--at age 15--was the youngest American athlete at those games. But she has said the expectations and pressure of being an Olympic...Read Full Profile

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