Simone Manuel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American swimmer
Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1996
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
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About Simone Manuel
- 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 4x100-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. Manuel also holds three world records as a member of a relay team, and she is a six-time individual NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships champion, becoming 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.
- From 2014 to 2018, she attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal and helped Stanford win the NCAA team championship in women's swimming and diving in 2017 and 2018.
- She turned pro in July 2018.
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