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Van Dyken, Amy - Encyclopedia.com  She could not swim the full length of an Olympic-size pool until age twelve, ... At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, she and her teams placed ... Van Dyken set a new American record at the NCAA Championships in 1994, ... in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races and second in the 100-meter butterfly race.
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Gary Hall Jr. - Wikipedia  For his father, also an Olympic swimmer, see Gary Hall Sr. Gary Hall Jr. Personal information .... His 50 m time of 21.76 seconds set a new American record, beating the ... He also won a bronze in the individual 100-meter freestyle race. ... while she and Gary were spearfishing, an attack for which Bebe Hall needed 19 stitches...
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Amy Van Dyken - 1996 Olympic Superstar - Meter, Freestyle, Gold ...  In the 1996 Olympic Trials, Van Dyken finished in first place in the 50-meter and ... the U.S. Olympic swim team; suffers from mononucleosis in 1993 and says she will ... of the year; set new American record at NCAA Swimming Championships, ... Van Dyken beat Jingyi with a time of 24.87 seconds-three one-hundredths of a...
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Van Dyken's 4th gold is U.S. first Freestyle win gives her four at one ...  Jul 27, 1996 ... Van Dyken's 4th gold is U.S. first Freestyle win gives her four at one ... of the four gold medals she won during the Olympic swimming competition, ... in the 50-meter freestyle that made her the first American woman ever ... two seconds better than the previous world record, which was set by ... July 24, 1996.
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ATLANTA DAY 8 -- SWIMMING;Van Dyken Swims to History With ...  Jul 27, 1996 ... Tonight, in the 50-meter freestyle, she got off to her usual tepid start. ... water, touching the wall first in 24.87 seconds, a national record. ... by more than two seconds the record of 3:36.93 the Americans set at the ... Of all the American swimming victories here, perhaps none was as unlikely as Van Dyken's.
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Sarah Josephson - Wikipedia  Sarah Gay Josephson (born January 10, 1964) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the Women's duet with her twin sister Karen Josephson at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received a silver medal in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics ... Pan American Games gold medalists  American swimming Olympic medalist...
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Swimming 101: Olympic history | NBC Olympics  Mar 15, 2016 ... The Americans took home a third of the swimming medals awarded ... of his swimming career when he won gold in the 200m backstroke, had it ... the 10-medal mark with a bronze (tying Torres in the 100m freestyle) and ... Mark Spitz, who won only two relay golds at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and had...
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ATHENS: SUMMER 2004 OLYMPICS; Sports, Disciplines - The New ...  Aug 8, 2004 ... 2004 Summer Games chart profiles 28 Olympic sports and 37 disciplines ... The Atlanta Olympics in 1996 not only raised the sport's profile in the United ... who won silver in Sydney and is one of only two non-Asian women to earn an ... The United States team, winner of the past two gold medals, will include...
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Wilma Rudolph - Wikipedia  In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
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Olympics Timeline: 1990s to the Present Day - Infoplease  The U.S. wins five gold medals, all by female athletes: speed-skater Bonnie Blair, ... 13-year-old Fu Mingxia of China wins the platform diving event, making her the ... over the age of 23 are allowed on each team, effectively making the Olympic ... They also win gymnastics, with the help of Kerri Strug, who nails her second...
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100 metres freestyle - Wikipedia  The 100 metres freestyle is the often considered to be the highlight (blue riband event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1922. The current world records holders are Csar Cielo (since 2009) and Cate ... Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics,...
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Ann Curtis dies at 86; U.S. swimmer won three medals at '48 Olympics  Jul 26, 2012 ... Ann Curtis set a record by winning 34 national Amateur Athletic Union championships during her career from ... In 1944, the 5-foot-10, 160-pound swimmer became the first woman and the first swimmer to receive the James E. Sullivan Award, which is given to the outstanding amateur athlete in the country.
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1996 by Aubrey Roese on Prezi  May 12, 2015 ... #9-Sports The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The US won 101 total medals with 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze.
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Bonnie Blair - Athlete - Biography.com  Bonnie Blair is a world record-holding speed skater, a six-time Olympic medalist and the ... She set a world record and won her first Olympic gold medal (in the 500 meters) ... woman to win five gold medals and the first American to win gold in the ... She is the most decorated woman in Winter Olympic history. ... April 2, 2014...
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1996 Atlanta Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com  Host City: Atlanta, United States (July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996) Opening ... United States (101 medals) ... It was but a prelude to the 1996 Olympic Games, which were called the ... The biggest medal winner at Atlanta was American swimmer [Amy Van Dyken], who won four gold medals. ... 1, United States, 44, 32, 25, 101.
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Jenny Thompson - Wikipedia  During her Olympic career, Thompson won twelve medals, eight of which were relay gold; the most for any female Olympic swimmer in history.
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Janet Evans Shatters World Record - Articles From The latimes - Los ...  Jul 28, 1987 ... Janet Evans, the \o7 very \f7 little girl from Placentia who has recently ... off the nine-year-old world record in the 800-meter freestyle. ... the 400-meter freestyle Thursday and the 1500-meter freestyle Friday. ... holds two world records in the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events. ... Sports Records; Swimming.
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Comparing Katie Ledecky and Janet Evans - SwimSwam  Dec 8, 2013 ... Evans broke the world record in both the 800m freestyle (8:22.44) and the ... Ledecky won the 400, 800, and 1500m freestyles and participated as part of the .... Both can swim a good 200 meter freestyle better than Evans. ... male or female, to hold every world freestyle record from 100 m to 1500 m and the...
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Maritza Correia - Wikipedia  Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza ... First and only swimmer in SEC history to win an SEC title in all Freestyle events. ... She set the NCAA, American and U.S. Open records with a time of 21.69 in the 50 y freestyle, surpassing Amy Van Dyken's mark of 21.77 set in 1994.
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jeopardy/1432_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  DUOS | "She gave him sex, and he gave her class" was said of the chemistry between this duo, paired ... THE FAST | One of this man's 7 Olympic gold medals in 1972 came in the 100m free, which he swam in a world record 51.22 | Mark Spitz.
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Ervin pulls off Olympic swim victories 16 years apart - AP Summer ...  Aug 13, 2016 ... The 35-year-old American won the men's 50-meter freestyle at the Rio Games ... Gary Hall Jr. for gold in the 50 free, making him one of the sport's rising stars. ... He auctioned off his gold medal for $17100 and donated the proceeds ... After leaving the sport in 2003, Ervin spent eight years working odd jobs,...