Katya Bachrouche is a Lebanese-American swimmer who holds the Lebanese record in eight events.
She attended North Farmington High School in Michigan and holds dual citizenship, both American and Lebanese.
[3] She is trilingual, speaking English, the Arabic dialect of Lebanon, and Spanish.
[2] Bachrouche finished seventh in the 400-meter freestyle, marking her the first Lebanese to make the finals in that competition.
She finished in the top 20, placing 19th out of 35 swimmers with a time of 8:35.88, taking nearly 9 seconds off of her personal record while being eliminated in the first round.