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Tom Shields

1991 - Today

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Thomas Allen Shields (born July 11, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian and the current American record-holder in the short course 50-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims. Later the same year, he became the first American to swim faster than 44 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a new American record of 43.84 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Shields is the 916th most popular swimmer (down from 898th in 2024), the 21,900th most popular biography from United States (down from 20,546th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Tom Shields ranks 916 out of 709. Before him are Anna Ntountounaki, Tang Qianting, Yolane Kukla, Paige Madden, Chris Walker-Hebborn, and Aleksandr Krasnykh. After him are Kathleen Dawson, Kim Vandenberg, Arianna Castiglioni, Bernhard Reitshammer, Hannah Miley, and Chen Xiaojun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Tom Shields ranks 1,752. Before him are Nico Mirallegro, Eusebio Cáceres, Etimoni Timuani, Taylor Spivey, Sara McManus, and Adam Helcelet. After him are Marija Ulitina, Takuya Sugai, John Jenkins, Stefanie Horn, Brayden Schenn, and Shardul Thakur.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Shields ranks 21,908 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Bailey (2000), Lindsay Tarpley (1983), Zak Whitbread (1984), Laulauga Tausaga (1998), John Tolkin (2002), and Hamza Yusuf (1958). After him are Kyla Kenedy (2003), Billy Gilman (1988), Todd Frazier (1986), Landry Bender (2000), Kim Vandenberg (1983), and Aaron Himelstein (1985).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Tom Shields ranks 214. Before him are Caroline Burckle (1986), Kevin Cordes (1993), Blake Pieroni (1995), Claire Donahue (1989), Kathleen Baker (1997), and Paige Madden (1998). After him are Kim Vandenberg (1983), Caspar Corbeau (2001), Zach Apple (1997), Rachel Bootsma (1993), Conor Dwyer (1989), and Larsen Jensen (1985).

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