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International Olympic Committee results database; Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2. HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015
Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics , making her the first American woman to accomplish such a ...
Ledecky won her second gold medal of the Olympics and her seventh of all time in the 800-meter freestyle. Her six individual gold medals are the most of any female Olympic swimmer and female US Olympian, and the second-most of all Olympic swimmers behind Michael Phelps. She became the first swimmer to win a distance event three times in a row ...
Men, of course, have it relatively easy. For women, the vexing challenge is pulling the top of the suit — which is designed to compress their chest — over their hips. Some call for help from a ...
In every single swimming event, from the men’s 50-meter free to the women’s 400-meter IM, humans have shaved second after second off world-best times throughout and since the 20th century. The ...
Katarzyna "Kasia" Wasick (born Wilk; 22 March 1992) is a Polish competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle. Wasick represented Poland at the 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris as well as other international meets.
Michelle Jenneke finished in 37th place with a time of 13.26 seconds in the first round of the women's 100-meter hurdles. She did not qualify to move on to the next round, ending her bid for ...
Her swim in the heats, 54.40, eclipsed British Swimming's 10 year record, and she proceeded to lower it again in the finals. Anderson won the Gold at 2016 European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely , Hungary , finishing 0.25 seconds ahead of the field in the 100m freestyle with a time of 54.72.