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Misty Hyman

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Misty Dawn Marie Hyman (born March 23, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Hyman won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In March 1996, she just missed making the U.S. Olympic team for the 1996 Games, finishing third and fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events. Hyman competed as a member of the U.S. Finswimming Team at the 8th World Championship held in Hungary during August 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Misty Hyman is the 873rd most popular swimmer, the 21,713th most popular biography from United States and the 201st most popular American Swimmer.

Misty Hyman is most famous for winning the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She is also known for setting multiple American records during her swimming career.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Misty Hyman ranks 873 out of 709. Before her are Hao Yun, Evangelia Platanioti, Liu Xiang, Nic Fink, Sophie Hansson, and Martina Carraro. After her are Silvia Di Pietro, Yuki Kobori, Alisa Ozhogina, Yakov Toumarkin, Raphaël Stacchiotti, and Anastasia Gorbenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Misty Hyman ranks 1,580. Before her are Lucas Glover, Catherine Taber, Haley Cope, Nicky Weaver, Graeme McDowell, and Lonny Baxter. After her are Yukie Nakayama, Trevor Immelman, Rachel Yankey, Jason Koumas, Jostein Hasselgård, and David Forde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Misty Hyman ranks 21,721 out of 20,380. Before her are Courtney Mathewson (1986), Sam Lerner (1992), Baby Keem (2000), Oscar Chelimo (2001), Lily Zhang (1996), and Terrence Jones (1992). After her are Lauren Carlini (1995), Deon Thompson (1988), James Young (1995), Ryan Kesler (1984), Scarlett Pomers (1988), and Amy LePeilbet (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Misty Hyman ranks 201. Before her are Torri Huske (2002), Michael Andrew (1999), Haley Cope (1979), David Plummer (1985), Julia Smit (1987), and Nic Fink (1993). After her are Anita Alvarez (1996), Amanda Weir (1986), Olivia Smoliga (1994), Hali Flickinger (1994), Alyssa Anderson (1990), and Sydney Pickrem (1997).

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