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Nancy Hogshead-Makar

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Nancy Lynn Hogshead-Makar (née Hogshead, born April 17, 1962) is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization claiming to lead targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sports. Her areas of focus include establishing nationwide equal play, such as traditional Title IX compliance in athletic departments, protecting athletes from sexual harassment, abuse and assault, as well as combatting employment and pregnancy discrimination. In 2012, she began working on legislative changes to ensure that club and Olympic sports athletes were protected from sexual abuse. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Nancy Hogshead-Makar is the 329th most popular swimmer (up from 435th in 2024), the 16,661st most popular biography from United States (up from 18,177th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 329 out of 709. Before her are Manuela Stellmach, Kosuke Kitajima, Ryan Lochte, Gail Neall, Tom Dean, and Robert Finke. After her are Ricardo Prado, Camelia Potec, Lin Li, Nicole Haislett, Rebecca Soni, and Ingrid Lempereur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 973. Before her are Troy Douglas, Rena Owen, Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi, Steve Bould, Rajkumar Hirani, and Robin S.. After her are Oleg Makarov, Maria Paula Silva, Tarek Soliman, Fionnuala Sherry, Hesham Yakan, and Steve Hodge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 16,668 out of 20,380. Before her are Shawn Christian (1965), Victor Moore (1876), Chi Cheng (1970), Jeff Foxworthy (1958), Sofia Vassilieva (1992), and Jace Norman (2000). After her are Prince Royce (1989), Aaron Yoo (1979), Zak Penn (1968), Jessica Cauffiel (1976), Lorenzo Brown (1990), and Lela Rochon (1964).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 118. Before her are Bruce Furniss (1957), Jon Olsen (1969), Dara Torres (1967), George DiCarlo (1963), Ryan Lochte (1984), and Robert Finke (1999). After her are Nicole Haislett (1972), Rebecca Soni (1987), Anthony Ervin (1981), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Jason Lezak (1975), and Aaron Peirsol (1983).

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