Simone Manuel Becomes First Black Woman To Win Olympic Swimming …
WEBAug 12, 2016 · American Simone Manuel pulled a shocking upset in the 100 free to become the first black woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.
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WEBIn winning the 100-meter freestyle, a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada, Manuel became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won a bronze medal as the anchor of the American 4×100-meter freestyle relay team.
First African-American Woman In History Wins Olympic Swimming ... - NPR
WEBAug 12, 2016 · Thursday night in Rio, for the first time in history, a black woman won an individual swimming medal in the Olympics. Simone Manuel, a 20-year-old from Sugar Land, Texas, tied for the gold...
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WEBIn Rio, Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win gold in an individual swimming event.
Simone Manuel on Olympic gold, being first and finding joy amid …
WEBOct 20, 2020 · Simone Manuel is the first African American woman to win an individual gold in Olympic swimming. She earned other history-making firsts thereafter. Now those firsts will act as keys to help her...
Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming | CNN
WEBJul 25, 2022 · CNN reached out to the International Swimming Federation (FINA), Sport England and USA Swimming requesting a breakdown of Black and ethnic minority participation in swimming at grassroots and...
Tatjana Schoenmaker Is Swimming World African Female Swimmer …
WEBTatjana Schoenmaker Named Swimming World African Female Swimmer of the Year; On Road to Further Stardom. Tatjana Schoenmaker was four swims into the Tokyo Olympics before her post-race...
Black Swimming Pioneer Simone Manuel Shocks The World With …
WEBJun 24, 2024 · Manuel, the first Black female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, looks to attack Paris with the intention of adding to a vaunted résumé that already ...
Olympian Lia Neal on Swimmers for Change, representation in swimming …
WEBFeb 23, 2022 · By winning a bronze medal in London 2012 and a silver in Rio 2016, U.S. swimmer Lia Neal became the first Black woman to compete in multiple Olympics.
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WEBAug 12, 2016 · Manuel is the first African-American woman to win an individual swimming medal at any Olympic Games. Simone Manuel (USA) celebrates after the women’s 100m freestyle final in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Aquatics Stadium.