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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.
Two-time Olympian Simone Manuel is 27 and thinking about her legacy. She is already the first Black woman to win Olympic gold in an individual swimming event. She holds three…
Simone Manuel Swims a Speedy Anchor Leg to Win Gold in the Women's 4x100-Meter Medley Relay ... Simone Manuel, Dana Vollmer, Lilly King and Kathleen Baker compete in the women's 4x100-meter medley final at the Oly... Apr 5, 2023
Jun 24, 2024 · Olympic champions Simone Manuel and Bobby Finke were the winners on the final night of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis. Manuel took the 50m freestyle in 24.13, two-hundredths ahead ahead of Gretchen Walsh and just outside her personal best of 24.07.
Jun 11, 2024 · The first Black female swimmer to capture an individual Olympic gold medal, Manuel is coming back from a debilitating case of overtraining syndrome, her body breaking down in the leadup to the 2021 Tokyo Games after a starring turn five years earlier in Rio de Janeiro, where she claimed two golds and two silvers.
Simone Manuel is a 2016 two-time Olympic champion and 3 time Olympian. She won Olympic gold in the 100 meter freestyle and the 4×100 medley relay. Simone also won Olympic silver...
Jun 24, 2024 · The first Black female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics, Manuel earned an individual spot on the final night of the U.S. swimming trials with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle Sunday.
Simone Manuel is a freestyle swimming specialist from the USA. She enjoyed a stellar Olympic Games Rio 2016, winning gold alongside Penny Oleksiak in the women's 100m freestyle to become the first Black American woman to land an individual Olympic swimming title.
Jul 21, 2021 · In 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Games, Simone Manuel became the first Black female swimmer to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Her freestyle technique earned accolades for its textbook form....
Aug 12, 2016 · Manuel, a 20-year-old swimmer from Sugar Land, Tex. became the first African-American woman to win an individual event in Olympic swimming. She also set an Olympic record, along with...
