CONGRATULATIONS - Simone Manuel: The History Making Champion!

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Simone Manuel 

Our very own Houston native is now the First African-American Woman to win an Individual Olympics Swimming Gold Medal for the United States. She has also made sporting history by becoming the First Black Woman to win the Swimming Olympics Games Gold Medal. 

Simone Manuel, who tied with Canada's 16 year old Penny Oleksiak with an Olympic record of 52.70, graduated class of 2014 from Austin High School. The 20 year old Sugar Land, Texas resident currently attends Stanford University and swims for Coach Greg Meehan's Cardinal Women's Team. Simone Manuel is also a two-time winning NCAA champion. Excellent Olympic Champions and Medalists, Maya DiRado and Lia Neal also attend while Katie Ledecky will be joining the Cardinals after Rio. Please visit  GoStanford 

[College Sports Facts - Stanford University sent the highest number of athletes (31) to Team USA Olympics. University of California at Berkley and University of California at Los Angeles both sent 16, University of Southern California 15, Pennsylvania State University and University of North Carolina both sent 13, University of Oregon and University of Texas both sent 12, Princeton University, University of Georgia and University of Washington sent 11 each, etc, etc. The largest number of college athletes are from the State of California -78.]
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Your Moms Are Proud Of You!

This is so beautiful! I LOVE her reaction!!! Way to go SIMONE MANUEL!!! pic.twitter.com/Kq7AOuDi10

— JB (@Jason73Brown) August 12, 2016 

All glory to God" 🙌🏾- @Simone_Manuel (1st African-American woman to medal in individual swimming🏊🏾 event.) #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/JrR54n86vq

— Mandisa (@mandisaofficial) August 12, 2016

Black Swimming Olympic Games Facts: 

ENITH BRIGITHA born in Curacao is the First Black Person to ever win a Swimming Olympic Games Medal. She is First Black Woman to win a Swimming Olympics Games Medal. She won Two Bronzes. (Montreal 1976 - Team Netherlands, 100 m Freestyle, 200 m Freestyle).

ANTHONY NESTY born in Trinidad and Tobago is the First Black Man to win a Swimming Olympics Games Medal. He is the First Black Man to win the Individual Gold Medal (Seoul 1988 - Team Suriname, 100 m Butterfly).

ANTHONY LEE ERVIN born in USA is the First African-American to make the U.S. Olympics Swimming Team. (Sydney 2000 - Team USA). He is the First African-American to win a Swimming  Olympics Games Medal. He is the First African-American Man to win the Individual Gold Medal. (Sydney 2000 - Team USA, 50 m Freestyle). He is also the First African American to win the Silver Medal (Sydney 2000 - Team USA, 4 x 100 m Freestyle).

MARITZA CORREIA MCCLENDON born in Puerto Rico is the First African-American Woman to make the U.S. Olympics Swimming Team (Athens 2004) - Team USA). She is the First African-American Woman to win the Olympics Swimming Silver Medal. (Athens 2004 - Team USA, 400 Free Relay).

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