Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in the breaststroke.

[6] At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore,[7] where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke.

[3] Whitley was named Sports Illustrated Kids' SportsKid of the Year for 2015.

[1] He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test.

[11] He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7,[10][12] but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.