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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Hogshead-Makar is the 315th most popular swimmer (up from 433rd in 2019), the 16,412th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,181st in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 315 out of 709. Before her are Manuela Stellmach, Kosuke Kitajima, Ryan Lochte, Gail Neall, Tom Dean, and Robert Finke. After her are Camelia Potec, Lin Li, Nicole Haislett, Rebecca Soni, Michelle Smith, and Inge Dekker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 824. Before her are David Pate, Kauksi Ülle, Gracia Querejeta, Jill Talley, Steve Bould, and Rajkumar Hirani. After her are Steve Hodge, Durga McBroom, Michael T. Good, Magdalena Georgieva, Alvin Drew, and Ram Gopal Varma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Hogshead-Makar ranks 16,419 out of 20,380. Before her are Bryant Dunston (1986), 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 117. Before her are Angel Martino (1967), Bruce Furniss (1957), Jon Olsen (1969), Dara Torres (1967), 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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