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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Former Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cullen Jones holds a gold medal he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Jones earned two Olympic gold and two Olympic silver medals ...
Cullen Jones on Thursday, July 5, 2012 will be competing in the 2012 Olympics in London. Jeff Siner - jsiner@charlotteobserver.com. Jones swam for N.C. State from 2003 through 2006 and went pro at ...
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.
Now, the elite athlete is an Olympic silver medalist. Alvarez, 27, took second place alongside her Team USA co-competitors in the artistic swimming team competition on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at La ...
Victoria "Torri" Huske ( / ˈtɔːriː ˈhʌsk / TOR-ee HUSK; Chinese given name: 简爱, pinyin: Jiǎn’ài, born December 7, 2002) [ 1] is an American competitive swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter butterfly. She holds world records in two relays: the 4x100-meter medley and 4x100-meter mixed medley.