Ariana Dirkzwager: Difference between revisions

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==Biography==

Dirkzwager was born on February 6, 2004, in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1338943/ariana-southa-dirkzwager/profile|publisher=[[World Aquatics]]|title=Ariana Southa Dirkzwager}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/1AYeO|newspaper=[[The Wichita Eagle]]|via=[[archive.ph]]|title=‘Once in a lifetime’: Wichita native Ariana Dirkzwager will swim in Paris Olympics |author=Eldridge, Taylor|date=July 9, 2024}}</ref> She is of Laotian descent, with her mother being from there.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/olympics/georgia-tech-ariana-dirkzwager-competing-for-laos-in-paris/85-cb6eeabf-b742-445d-9c23-6b7ca3509abb|publisher=[[WXIA-TV]]|title=Georgia Tech swim sophomore heading to Paris for Olympics after qualifying for Laos team|author=Winters, Akilah; Preheim, Cheryl|date=July 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksn.com/sports/local-sports/wichita-native-to-compete-in-olympics-for-mothers-home-country/|publisher=[[KSNW]]|title=Wichita native to compete in Olympics for mother’s home country |date=July 8, 2024|author=Taher, Zena}}</ref> Her sister, Astrid, also is a [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/Lt4Jk|newspaper=[[The Wichita Eagle]]|via=[[archive.ph]]|title=Out of the shadow: Wichita’s Ariana Dirkzwager cements swim legacy with Kansas titles |date=May 23, 2022|author=Eldrigde, Taylor}}</ref> She swam at an early age with the Wichita Swim Club and continued to swim competitively at [[Wichita East High School]], spending four years on the varsity and being [[Captain (sports)|captain]] as a [[Senior (education)|senior]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wichita-swim-clubs-ariana-dirkzwager-set-to-join-sister-at-georgia-tech-in-2022/|website=[[Swimming World]]|title=Wichita Swim Club’s Ariana Dirkzwager Set to Join Sister at Georgia Tech in 2022|author=Brandes, Chandler|date=April 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://ramblinwreck.com/roster/ariana-dirkzwager/|publisher=[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]]|title=Ariana Dirkzwager}}</ref> She swam for a time with her sister at Wichita East and won seven state championships, including four individual gold medals.<ref name="auto"/> She set a city league record in the 100-yard freestyle event, which still stood as of 2024, and was named an [[All-American]] in the 200 freestyle.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>