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Manuel is a six-time individual NCAA champion: winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyle in 2015, 2017, and 2018. She redshirted in 2016. As a senior, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female swimmer as well as the Honda Cup for the best overall female collegiate athlete.
2 days ago · Five-time Olympic medalist (two gold, two silver, one bronze) Simone Manuel revealed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2021 that she was battling overtraining syndrome, which had taken a huge toll on ...
3 days ago · Simone Manuel prepares to compete at the Pro Swim Series event Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn. Manuel was the first Black female swimmer to capture an Olympic gold medal. Now she’s coming back from a debilitating case of overtraining syndrome, her body breaking down in the leadup to the 2021 Tokyo Games.
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…
May 16, 2024 · When she beat the field in the 100-m freestyle at the 2016 Olympics, she became the first Black American swimmer to earn an individual Olympic gold. After making history, her swimming journey ...
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...
Simone Manuel is a 2016 two-time Olympic champion. She won Olympic gold in the 100 meter freestyle and the 4×100 medley relay. Simone also won Olympic silver in the 50 meter freestyle and...
Jul 24, 2021 · TOKYO — The United States, with Simone Manuel swimming the anchor leg as a surprising substitute, won the bronze medal in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Sunday. Australia, the heavy...
Olympic Experience. Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020); five-time Olympic medalist (2 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze) Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (4x100-meter freestyle relay) Olympic Games Rio 2016, gold (4x100 medley, 100 freestyle), silver (4x100 freestyle, 50 freestyle)
Jul 26, 2021 · TOKYO (July 26, 2021) – At 24 years old, Simone Manuel won her fifth Olympic medal in Tokyo on Sunday, July 25. Manuel, a Team Toyota athlete, won a bronze medal as the anchor for the USA women’s team in the 4x100m freestyle relay event at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
