Simone Manuel

What strikes me about Simone Manuel is how much heavier her victories landed than the medal count suggests. Winning the 100m freestyle gold at Rio wasn't just fast swimming; it carried real significance for who gets to stand on that podium. I admire that she paired elite racing with a Stanford education, refusing to be only one thing. At 180cm she has the build, but it's her composure that lingers with me, the sense of someone carrying expectation gracefully. I think of her less as a sprinter and more as a quiet trailblazer who let her results argue on her behalf. That kind of poise is rare.

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Name (English)

Simone Manuel

Name (Japanese)

シモーネ・マニュエル

Reading

しもーね・まにゅえる

Born

August 2, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

High school

Austin High School

University

Stanford University

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/swimone13/
• Xhttps://x.com/simone_manuel
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone%20Manuel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14342739

Tags

• Texas
• swimmer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.