Casey Legler Biography

Casey Legler (born 26 April 1977) is a French-American writer, restaurateur, model, and former Olympic swimmer. Legler was born in Fréjus, Var, in the South of France to expatriate American parents. She attended school in both France and America, and began competitive swimming at the age of 13. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics at the age of 19, where after breaking the world record in practice day before, she came 29th in the Women's 50 metres Freestyle event and 10th in the Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay event.