Simone Manuel is an American professional swimmer who specialises in freestyle. At the 2016 Rio Olympics she won gold in the 100 metre freestyle, in a tie with Penny Oleksiak, and in the medley relay, plus silver in the 50 metre freestyle and the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, becoming the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming. She won bronze as anchor of the American 4x100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At Stanford University she was a six-time individual NCAA champion and won the Honda Sports Award and the Honda Cup, and she turned professional in July 2018. She was born on 2 August 1996.
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is an American professional swimmer
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is an American professional swimmer
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Lead, Olympic results
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Lead, Olympic results
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won a bronze medal as the anchor of the American 4x100-meter freestyle relay team
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