About Katie Spotz

About Katie Spotz

About Katie Spotz

It started with a simple but powerful idea…

It started with a simple but powerful idea…

It started with a simple but powerful idea…

"You don’t have to be extraordinary to do something extraordinary."

"You don’t have to be extraordinary to do something extraordinary."

Katie Spotz is an endurance athlete, author, and humanitarian whose challenges have helped bring clean water to communities around the world. Once a self-described “benchwarmer,” Katie discovered that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things — and she’s been proving it ever since.
Her mission: to make sure everyone has access to clean, safe drinking water.

Katie Spotz is an endurance athlete, author, and humanitarian whose challenges have helped bring clean water to communities around the world. Once a self-described “benchwarmer,” Katie discovered that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things — and she’s been proving it ever since.
Her mission: to make sure everyone has access to clean, safe drinking water.

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person sitting in a chair in front of a man
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Why She Rows

Why She Rows

Katie’s challenges are more than physical tests — they are fundraising missions. Her efforts have already helped provide clean water to nearly 50,000 people.
Her boldest mission yet is the Pacific Row, a 10,000-mile world-record attempt to bring clean water to 100,000 people.

Learn about the Pacific Row

Katie’s challenges are more than physical tests — they are fundraising missions. Her efforts have already helped provide clean water to nearly 50,000 people.
Her boldest mission yet is the Pacific Row, a 10,000-mile world-record attempt to bring clean water to 100,000 people.

Learn about the Pacific Row

Highlights

Highlights

  • Youngest person to row an ocean solo (Atlantic)

  • First person to swim the entire 325-mile Allegheny River

  • Ran 11 ultramarathons in 11 days across 11 states (world record)

  • Completed a 3,300-mile human-powered crossing of South America

  • U.S. Coast Guard Elite Athlete of the Year

  • Glamour Woman of the Year

  • Featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC, NPR, Joe Rogan, and more


Main office

“She used her raw courage to row the Atlantic, all alone, for 70 days — to make sure people who will never know her name have clean water to drink.”
Diane Sawyer, ABC News

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

John Smith

ABC News

John Smith

ABC News

David Martinez

CBS News

David Martinez

CBS News

Mark Rodriguez

National Geographic

Mark Rodriguez

National Geographic

Alex Wilson

The New York Times

Alex Wilson

The New York Times

Ryan Johnson

Naitonal Public Radio

Ryan Johnson

Naitonal Public Radio

Michael Lewis

The Joe Rogan Experience

Episode #1635

Michael Lewis

The Joe Rogan Experience

Episode #1635