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Simone Manuel. Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996 [1]) is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle events. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events.Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team.
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the ...
Diogo Matos Ribeiro ( Portuguese pronunciation: [diˈoɣu ʁiˈβɐjɾu]; born 27 October 2004) is a Portuguese competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly events. [1] [2] He represents S.L. Benfica at the club level. Ribeiro rose to prominence in Portuguese and world swimming after winning three gold medals and establishing ...
More: This Shorewood swimmer wanted to challenge herself more.That led Amie Barrow to eye the 2024 Olympic Games. And this is only part of Barrow’s unique story. Barrow walked on to the swim ...
Jessica Tatiana Long (born February 29, 1992) is a Russian-American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held many world records and competed at five Paralympic Games, winning 29 medals (16 of them gold). She has won over 50 world championship medals.
Ledecky is the only female swimmer to win the award more than three times.[1] Four female swimmers have won three awards: Debbie Meyer(United States) in 1967, 1968 and 1969, Krisztina Egerszegi(HUN) in 1991, 1992 and 1995, Janet Evans(United States) in 1987, 1989 and 1990, and Kristin Otto(GDR) in 1984, 1986 and 1988.
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