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Athlete
Simone Manuel
Famoose for
Becoming the first Black American woman to win individual Olympic swimming gold.
100m freestyle gold · World sprint title
- Born
- 2 August 1996
- Birthplace
- Sugar Land, United States
More people
Simone Manuel
Simone Manuel is an American freestyle swimmer known for sprint titles and relay performances.
Early life
Texas
Grew up in Sugar Land.
Stanford
Studied and competed at Stanford University.
Career
- 2010s
College swimming
Won NCAA titles and developed internationally.
- 2016
Olympic breakthrough
Won individual and relay gold in Rio.
- 2018 onward
Professional career
Continued competing at world championships and Olympics.
Achievements
100m freestyle gold
Shared the Olympic title with Penny Oleksiak.
World sprint title
Won the world 100m freestyle.
Sprint double
Won both the 50m and 100m freestyle world titles.
Beyond swimming
Education
Completed a communications degree at Stanford.
Access to swimming
Advocated for broader participation and representation in the sport.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Voltmetro. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
