Simone Manuel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simone Manuel
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1996(1996-08-02)
Age	28
Birthplace	Sugar Land
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Leo

Simone Manuel Biography

Simone Manuel is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on August 2, 1996 in Sugar Land, Texas, United States. She became the first African-American woman to earn the Olympic Gold medal during a single swimming event when she won gold in the 100-meter freestyle. She set the Olympic record for 52.70 together with her fellow first-place winner Penny Oleksiak in the process. She also won gold in the 4×100 meters Medley relay in the 2016 Olympics.

Olympic swimming champion Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin has called her “fearless.” has been called “fearless.”

On the first day of the World Championships, Manuel anchored the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay to a gold medal alongside Mallory Comerford, Kelsi Worrell, and Ledecky. She split a very fast 52.14 to anchor the team to a new American record time of 3:31.72. Manuel picked up her second gold of the meet when she anchored the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay with a split of 52.17. Together with Matt Grevers, Lilly King, and Caeleb Dressel, the team broke the world record in a time of 3:38.56. Manuel’s first individual event of the meet was the 100-meter freestyle, where Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström was widely considered the favorite to win since she had broken the world record while leading off the 4×100-meter freestyle relay on the first night of the World Championships. In similar fashion to the previous summer at the Olympics, Manuel upset the favorite by coming from behind to win the 100-meter freestyle with an American record time of 52.27, out touching Sjöström by just four- hundredths of a second. The day after, she won her fourth gold medal in the mixed 4×100-meter freestyle relay, where she split 52.18 on the anchoring leg. Alongside Comerford, Dressel, and Nathan Adrian, they set a world record of 3:19.60. On the last night of the meet, Manuel swam the finals of both the 50-meter freestyle and the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay. Touching in a bronze-winning time of 23.97, she set the American record and became the first American woman to break the 24-second barrier in the 50-meter freestyle. Manuel then anchored the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay to a winning time of 3:51.55. The team of Kathleen Baker, King, Worrell, and Manuel broke the 2012 world record of 3:52.05 set by Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, and Allison Schmitt.

Manuel swam at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, placing 20th in the 50-meter freestyle and 17th in the 100-meter freestyle events.

There are two brothers called Chris as well as Ryan who were swimming prior to her. She took swimming lessons because she was impressed by the boys.

Simone Manuel Net Worth

Simone Manuel is one of the richest Swimmer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simone Manuel 's net worth $3 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She started swimming at the age of five years old. After finishing her education at Austin High School, she continued to Stanford University, where she was a member of in the Stanford Cardinal women’s swimming team.

She was first a part of the Olympic team in the year 2012. She attended the World Championships in Barcelona in 2013, and took part in US team that took home the gold medal in the freestyle relay.

Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996) is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In winning the 100-meter freestyle, a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada, Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Simone Manuel height 5 ft 11 in Simone weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Simone Manuel Dating?

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In 2015, Manuel won her first two individual NCAA championships, winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, setting an NCAA, American, U.S. Open, Championship, and Pool record in 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.09. She also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle event. She became one of the first three African American women to place in the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle event in any Division I NCAA Swimming Championship. She competed in the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, placing fourth in the 4×100 medley relay, sixth in the 100-meter freestyle, and eighth in the 50-meter freestyle.

Facts & Trivia

Simone Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Simone Manuel celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.

At the 2017 US Nationals, the qualification meet for the World Championships in Budapest, Manuel won the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.27 and touched second in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 53.05.

What happened to Simone Manuel?

At the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials in June, 24-year-old Manuel revealed she was diagnosed with overtraining syndrome in March that kept her out of the pool for three weeks just a couple months before the event.

What ethnicity is Simone Manuel?

America was overwhelmingly happy with Simone Manuel in 2016 when, as a 19 -year-old Olympic rookie, she won four medals—two gold—and became the first Black swimmer to win an individual swimming gold. Her star was just ascending.

Why did Simone Manuel leave for 3weeks?

– Simone Manuel, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 freestyle who failed to qualify for the final in that event Thursday night at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials, revealed she was diagnosed with overtraining syndrome in March and spent three weeks out of the pool two months before the trials.

What is Simone Manuel famous for?

swimmer Simone Manuel won two golds and two silvers, and her win in the 100-metre freestyle made her the first African American woman to win an individual swimming gold. Americans also led the way in the women’s gymnastics events, as Simone Biles became the first U.S.…

Is Simone Manuel going to Tokyo 2021?

Simone Manuel not deterred after falling short in 50m free at Tokyo Olympics. TOKYO – Simone Manuel’s 2021 Olympics quest, which began with such promise before spiraling through uncertainty, turmoil and adversity, ended Saturday morning, one step short of making the final for her only individual race of the Tokyo Games …