2012 2012 Olympic Trials Fink competed at his first
US Olympic Trials in 2012 at the
2012 USA Swimming Olympic Trials held in
Omaha, Nebraska in June and July. He placed 11th in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:01.14, 17th in the 200 meter breaststroke with a 2:13.89, and 26th in the 200 meter individual medley with his time of 2:03.69. Fink also placed 3rd in the 200m breaststroke and 6th in the 50m breaststroke.
2013 World Championships At the
2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Fink placed 8th in the final of the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:00.10.
2014 2014 Pan Pacific Championships Fink made the US team for the
2014 Pan Pacific Championships in
Gold Coast,
Australia, with his performances at the
2014 National Championships in
Irvine, California. In the final of the
200 meter breaststroke, Fink swam a 2:08.94, winning the silver medal as one of only two competitors to swim under 2:10.00 in the final with the other being
Yasuhiro Koseki of
Japan who won the gold medal. Fink's swims at both championships earned him a spot on the US National Team in swimming for the 2014—2015 year, making him one of twelve student athletes from the
University of Georgia to be named to the year's team. His race in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships also earned him a nomination for
USA Swimming's
Golden Goggle Award for "Male Race of the Year".
2016 2016 Olympic Trials At the
2016 US Olympic Trials in
Omaha, Nebraska, Fink placed 7th in the 100 meter breaststroke final with a time of 1:00.39 and placed 7th in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:11.55 in the final. This was the second time Fink competed at the US Olympic Trials as well as the second time he did not make the US Olympic Team. On the third day of competition, Fink won a silver medal in the
200 meter breaststroke with his time of 2:08.16 and finished less than six tenths of a second behind the gold medalist in the event and fellow American
Will Licon. On the fifth and final day of competition, Fink swam the breaststroke leg of the
4×100 meter medley relay in a time of 58.57 seconds, and along with his relay teammates of Daniel Carr (backstroke),
Tom Shields (butterfly), and
Nathan Adrian (freestyle) won the gold medal in a new
Pan American Games record time of 3:30.25.
International Swimming League In 2019 he was a member of the inaugural
International Swimming League representing the
Cali Condors, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Fink won both the 50 and 200 breaststroke for the Condors at the final. His time of 25.75 seconds in the 50 meter breaststroke set a new
American record for the event. This marked the first time in three
Olympic Games cycles that Fink made the US Olympic Team, he had previously tried and not made the team at both the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic Trials. In the final of the 100 meter breaststroke Fink finished in third place and did not make the US Olympic team in the event. In the preliminaries of the
200 meter breaststroke on day four of swimming competition, he finished in a time of 2:08.48 and advanced to the semifinals ranked fourth overall. He swam a 2:08.00 in the semifinals, finishing second in his semifinal heat and ranking fourth overall heading into the final. In the final, he swam faster than in the semifinals with a time of 2:07.93 and placed fifth.
2021 International Swimming League Fink set a new
American record in the short course 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 25.72 seconds at the final match of the
2021 International Swimming League in
Eindhoven,
Netherlands. Later the same day, he set a new
Americas record and American record in the 4x100 meter medley relay, splitting a time of 55.21 seconds for the breaststroke leg of the relay and contributing to the new record time of 3:19.64 with club
Cali Condors relay teammates
Coleman Stewart,
Caeleb Dressel, and
Justin Ress. The next day, Fink set a new Americas record and American record in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 55.56 seconds, earning 19 points for his team. His time of 55.56 seconds moved him up in the world rankings to the third fastest male swimmer in the event, ranking behind only
Ilya Shymanovich of
Belarus and
Adam Peaty of
Great Britain. For his performances in the final match, Fink earned 59.5 most valuable player points, ranking second behind
Sarah Sjöström of
Energy Standard.
2021 World Short Course Championships For the
2021 World Short Course Championships in
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates in December, Fink entered to compete in four individual events, the 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, 200 meter breaststroke, and 100 meter individual medley. Fink started competition on day one, qualifying for the semifinals of the
100 meter breaststroke ranked third with a time of 57.02 seconds. In the semifinals he ranked second with a time of 56.48 seconds, seven-hundredths of a second slower than number one ranked
Arno Kamminga of the
Netherlands. Fink won the first World Championships medal of his career in the final of the 100 meter breaststroke, finishing third to win the bronze medal with a time of 55.87 seconds. Fink finished fifth in his heat in the prelims of the
100 meter individual medley in the morning on day three with a time of 52.87 seconds, which qualified him to the semifinals ranking thirteenth. In his second event of the morning prelims session, the
200 meter breaststroke, Fink qualified for the final ranking seventh with a 2:04.72. For his third event of the morning, Fink split a 25.70 for the breaststroke leg of the
4×50 meter mixed medley relay, helping qualify the relay to the final ranked first in a total time of 1:37.74. In the final of the 200 meter breaststroke later in the day, Fink won the first world title of his career, winning the gold medal with a time of 2:02.28. In the semifinals of the 100 meter individual medley, Fink placed 16th and did not qualify for the final, swimming a time of 54.07 seconds. Finishing his competition on day three, Fink won a silver medal in the final of the 4×50 meter mixed medley relay, splitting a 25.82 for the breaststroke leg of the relay. In the prelims heats on day five, Fink swam a 26.09 in the
50 meter breaststroke to advance to the semifinals ranking fifth. On the finals relay in the
4×50 meter medley relay with
Shaine Casas, Tom Shields, and
Ryan Held, Fink helped tie for the gold medal, set a new American record, and tie the Americas record and
Championships record at 1:30.51. Later in the same session, Fink set a new American in the 50 meter breaststroke with a 25.68 in the semifinals and qualified for the final ranking second. The sixth and final day of competition, Fink set a new Americas record and a new American record in the 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 25.53 seconds and won the gold medal. In the final of the
4×100 meter medley relay Fink won his second silver medal of the day, splitting a 55.27 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to help finish in a time of 3:20.50.
2022 2022 International Team Trials At the
2022 US International Team Trials in
Greensboro, North Carolina in late April, Fink won the 100 meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 58.37 seconds, qualifying for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team in the event. Earlier in the competition, he qualified for the World Championships team in the 200 meter breaststroke, tying for first-place with a time of 2:08.84, and the 50 meter breaststroke, placing seconds with a personal best time of 26.55 seconds. While he qualified for the team in three individual events,
USA Swimming named him to the team roster in just the 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke. Three days after the first version of the roster was released, USA Swimming announced an updated roster with Fink in three individual events, adding the 50 meter breaststroke to his program.
2022 World Aquatics Championships In the final of the
100 meter breaststroke at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships, contested on day two of
pool swimming competition, Fink won the bronze medal with a time of 58.65 seconds, finishing 0.39 seconds behind gold medalist
Nicolò Martinenghi of
Italy. On the fourth evening at
Danube Arena, he started off with winning the world title in the
50 meter breaststroke, finishing in an American record time of 26.45 seconds to share the podium with bronze medalist and fellow American Michael Andrew. It marked his first long course World Championships gold medal after two gold medals and world titles in individual events at the short course World Championships the year before. Approximately 45 minutes later, he won a gold medal as part of the
4×100 meter mixed medley relay, splitting a 57.86 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to contribute to a first-place finish in 3:38.79. Day six, in the final of his third individual event, the
200 meter breaststroke, Fink placed fifth with a time of 2:09.05, which was 1.98 seconds behind gold medalist and world record holder in the event
Zac Stubblety-Cook of
Australia. Two days later, on the eighth and final day, he won a silver medal in the
4×100 meter medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the finals relay in 57.86 seconds to help finish in a time of 3:27.79.
2022 World Short Course Championships On October 19, Fink was publicly announced to the Team USA roster for the
2022 World Short Course Championships at
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in
Melbourne, Australia. Fifty-six days later, in his first final of the Championships, the
4×50 meter mixed medley relay on day two, he helped set a new
world record with a finals relay mark of 1:35.15 and win the gold medal, splitting a 24.96 for the breaststroke leg of the relay. The following day, he won his first world title and gold medal in the
100 meter breaststroke at a short course or long course World Championships with a time of 55.88 seconds, finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Nicolò Martinenghi and less than four-tenths of a second ahead of bronze medalist Adam Peaty. The next day, he followed up with a silver medal-win in the
200 meter breaststroke, setting an Americas and American record with a time of 2:01.60 in the final to finish 1.25 seconds behind gold medalist
Daiya Seto of Japan. The fifth of six days, Fink swam the 50 meter breaststroke portion of the
4×50 meter medley relay in 25.24 seconds in the final, helping win the silver medal with an Americas and American record time of 1:30.37. On the final day, he started off by successfully defending his world title in the
50 meter breaststroke with a Championships, Americas, and American record time of 25.38 seconds to earn his second-consecutive title in the event and share the podium with Italians Nicolò Martinenghi (silver medalist) and
Simone Cerasuolo (bronze medalist). Concluding competition in the
4×100 meter medley relay, he helped tie the team from Australia for the gold medal in a
world record time of 3:18.98, swimming the breaststroke portion in 54.88 seconds.
2024 2024 Olympic Trials At the 2024 Olympic Trials, Fink qualified for the Olympics in the 100 Breaststroke.
2024 Summer Olympics At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Fink competed in the 100 Breaststroke and tied for second place alongside Adam Peaty of Great Britain, securing himself a silver medal. == Personal life ==