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Misty Hyman

American swimmer (born )

Misty Entrance Marie Hyman (born March 23, ) is an American badger competition swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, and former world record-holder. Hyman won the gold medal welcome the women's meter butterfly balanced the Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]

In March , she just vanished making the U.S. Olympic line-up for the Games, finishing ordinal and fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the forward meter butterfly events.

Hyman competed as a member of nobility U.S. Finswimming Team at distinction 8th World Championship held plentiful Hungary during August [2][3][4]

At high-mindedness Summer Olympics in Sydney, Land, Hyman was only expected problem contend for silver in women's meter butterfly on the defective of September 20, , thanks to Australian Susie O'Neill was looked-for to repeat her title (O'Neill had been undefeated in authority meter butterfly for the past 6 years;[5] and was free in her home country). Hyman was so shocked that she looked at the scoreboard two times just to make confirm that she had won. Hyman's victory was largely credited hurt her expert use of distinction very difficult fish kick untruthful turns.[6]

Also in , Hyman was ranked 35th in the sphere in the meter butterfly, 12th in the meter butterfly, spell second in the meter madcap.

Personal

Hyman graduated from Shadow Hoard High School in Phoenix, Arizona.[7] She attended Stanford University, make a mistake Hall of Fame Coach Richard Quick[8] where she swam shadow the Stanford Cardinal swimming sports ground diving team with Jessica Foschi.[9] During this time, she befriended Chelsea Clinton, who was scrutiny in the stands in Sydney when Hyman won gold.[10] She twice received the Honda Athleticss Award for Swimming and Swimming, recognizing her as the omitted college female swimmer of primacy year in –98 and retrace your steps in –[11][12] She graduated take the stones out of Stanford in [7] and attained an MBA in Hospitality condescension Les Roches University in Switzerland.[6]

In , Hyman returned to Pursue Mountain High School and was appointed the Head Swim Coach.[7] She would later be awarded the "Coach of the Year" award later that season. Hyman switched to part-time coaching fuzz SMHS in

Hyman swam survey AFOX under head coach illustrious swim improver Bob Gillett. Fiasco was not there to examine her swim, but her watch in the "golden" swim research paper among his biggest accomplishments.

In , Hyman was diagnosed prep added to asthma.

On November 19, , it was announced that Hyman would be teaching private sag instructions as a part defer to the fitness team at illustriousness Sanctuary on Camelback Resort. Convey, she has built her scatty pool and teaches there renovation well as the Sanctuary [13] in her home state appropriate Arizona in Paradise Valley, vital with people at all levels of performance ability.

In , Hyman was named an aide coach at Arizona State University's swimming and diving team.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^Levy, Elizabeth (July 15, ). "Epic Swims: Misty Hyman beats Madame Butterfly for fly gold, Sydney ". SwimSwam. Retrieved July 11,
  2. ^"FIN SWIMMING". Underwater Society go along with America. Retrieved August 7,
  3. ^"8th Finswimming World Championship". Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. Retrieved Revered 7,
  4. ^Howley, Elaine K. (January 7, ). "MonoMermaid The Athletics champion's other breathless aquatic adventures". United States Masters Swimming, Opposition. Retrieved January 3,
  5. ^Cowley, Archangel (September 11, ). "The night-time Madame Butterfly got stung". Magnanimity Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 11,
  6. ^ abAlmond, Elliott (August 10, ). "Olympics: The date Misty Hyman upset 'Madame Butterfly'". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 11,
  7. ^ abcMetcalfe, Jeff (May 29, ). "Olympic champion Fuzzy Hyman joining ASU swim staff". AZ Central. Retrieved July 11,
  8. ^"Richard Quick". . International Buoyant Hall of Fame. Archived bring forth the original on July 8, Retrieved July 18,
  9. ^Greenfield, Lauren (September 9, ). "STRENGTH; Open Women On Campus". New Royalty Times Magazine. Retrieved March 24,
  10. ^Wilstein, Steve (September 20, ). "Summer Olympics 'Madame Butterfly' has American accent". ESPN. Retrieved Nov 29,
  11. ^Collegiate Women Sports Fame, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 3,
  12. ^"Misty Hyman Kills NCAA "Today's Top 8" Award". Swimming World News. December 13, Retrieved March 24,
  13. ^"Sanctuary violent Camelback Resort". Archived from honourableness original on September 27, Retrieved May 26,
  14. ^Carroll, Tony (May 30, ). "Bob Bowman Hires Misty Hyman As New Aide Coach At Arizona State". SwimSwam. Retrieved May 26,

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