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Janet Evans. Janet Beth Evans OLY [ 1] (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
Evans studied at University of Georgia in the United States [3] and then the University of Stirling in Scotland. [4]In April 2024, she won the 100 metres breaststroke title at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, setting a time of 1.06.54 [5] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the ...
Former Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cullen Jones poses in the Life Time outdoor pool on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Jones earned two Olympic gold and two Olympic silver medals and represented Team ...
July 26, 2024 at 6:08 AM. Team USA gets in on the ‘Love Island’ craze, jokes they're 'looking for love in the Olympic Villa'. It turns out Team USA also can't get enough of this season of ...
Missy Franklin. Melissa Franklin Johnson[ 2] OLY (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke ( long course) from 2012 to 2019. [ 3][ 4] As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also held the world records in the 4×100-meter medley ...
Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American former [1] competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay (long course). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter ...
Michelle Smith de Bruin (born 16 December 1969) [ 1] is an Irish lawyer and retired Olympic swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley, and also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event. Smith's rise to dominance in the 1995 ...