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Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times.
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, as well as the youngest and oldest person to win the 800 free (at age 15 in 2012 and age 24 in 2021).
Yip Pin Xiu [a] PJG PLY (born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. [1] [2] She is a six-time Paralympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2.
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Current program. 50 metre freestyle. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul details: ...
She began swimming on the advice of a doctor as a way to strengthen her lungs to cope with her condition and prevent future asthma attacks. She was named Swimming World 's American Swimmer of the Year in 1995 and 1996. On June 6, 2014, Van Dyken was injured in a serious ATV accident that severed her spinal cord, leaving her paralyzed from the ...
College women's swimmers in the United States (85 C, 9 P) F. Female freestyle swimmers (166 C, 5 P) L. Female long-distance swimmers (1 C, 91 P) M.
As a San Antonio, Texas-based swimming coach, 65-year-old Ingraham continues to crush her personal goals. She says that at 63, she swam in a four-day staged open water swim, without a wetsuit, in ...
Kromowidjojo retired from competitive swimming in January 2022. [11] Her retirement was the second in a two-month period by a professional female Dutch swimmer who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games after Femke Heemskerk retired in December 2021. [12] [13] Kromowidjojo said to FINA, "I fulfilled my career as a professional athlete ...