Kimberly "Kim" Black (born April 30, 1978)[1][2] is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
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| Full name | Kimberly Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Kim" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 30, 1978[1][2] Liverpool, New York[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 132 lb (60 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California University of Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Black began her college swimming career at the University of Southern California, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko, before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1999.[4][5] She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 2001. She is also recipient of an NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship in 2001. She was on the U.S. Women's swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle relay. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – time All-American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships. Black was also awarded the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002. She was the female winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 2001 Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete.[6][7]
She was in the 2002 Top VIII class with Emily Bloss, André Davis, Misty Hyman, Leah Juno, Nancy Metcalf, Bryce Molder, and Ruth Riley.[8] The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar was Bradley Henderson.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Kim Black at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ a b c "Kim Black". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on August 14, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2007.
- ^ Josh Jeffrey, Will the Dawgs have their day?, Swimming World and Junior Swimmer, Feb 1999, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ USC Women's Swimming Defeats California, 185-113 Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, January 30, 1998, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ "Previous Walter Byers Scholars". The National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STUDENT-ATHLETES RECEIVE WALTER BYERS SCHOLARSHIPS". The National Collegiate Athletic Association. May 3, 2001. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "2002 NCAA Today's Top VIII Award Recipients". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
External links
edit- Kim Black at Olympics.com
- Kim Black at Swimrankings.net