Simone Manuel the first black woman to win individual Olympic

Olympic Gold Medal Swimmers Women. Olympic Roundup Oleksiak wins gold, her fourth swimming medal 680 NEWS List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics. The trademark late race speed of Russia's Larisa Ilchenko aided her quest to capture the inaugural Olympic gold in the women's event

Games Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul details: Kristin Otto She has won 5 Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship medals! At age 15, Katie set an American record in the 800-meter freestyle to win a gold medal at the 2012.

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What makes her achievement even more impressive is the context: she was competing against East German swimmers who were later proven to be part of a state-sponsored doping program. The trademark late race speed of Russia's Larisa Ilchenko aided her quest to capture the inaugural Olympic gold in the women's event From 1910 to 1918, the Australian swimmer held every record in women's swimming, from the 100-meter freestyle to the mile

OlympicsSwimmingAustralia win women's 4x100m medley relay gold. What makes her achievement even more impressive is the context: she was competing against East German swimmers who were later proven to be part of a state-sponsored doping program. From 1910 to 1918, the Australian swimmer held every record in women's swimming, from the 100-meter freestyle to the mile

Simone Manuel the first black woman to win individual Olympic. 1922-1941 Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle won a gold medal and two bronze medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics, a performance she was disappointed with List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)