black, kimberly, black, born, april, 1978, american, former, competition, swimmer, olympic, gold, medalist, kimberly, blackpersonal, informationfull, namekimberly, blacknickname, national, team, united, statesborn, 1978, april, 1978, liverpool, york, height5, . Kimberly A Kim Black born April 30 1978 1 2 is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Kimberly BlackPersonal informationFull nameKimberly A BlackNickname s Kim National team United StatesBorn 1978 04 30 April 30 1978 age 44 1 2 Liverpool New York 1 2 Height5 ft 6 in 1 68 m Weight132 lb 60 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleCollege teamUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of GeorgiaMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting the United StatesSummer Olympics2000 Sydney 3 4x200 m freestyleSummer Universiade1997 Catania 4x200 m freestyle1999 Palma 200 m freestyle1999 Palma 4x100 m freestyle2001 Beijing 4x200 m freestyle1997 Messina 200 m freestyleBlack began her college swimming career at the University of Southern California where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1999 4 5 She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 2001 She is also recipient of an NCAA Post Graduate scholarship in 2001 She was on the U S Women s swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle relay During her swimming career at Georgia she was a four time All American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships Black was also awarded the Today s Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002 She was the female winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association s highest academic honor the 2001 Walter Byers Award in recognition of being the nation s top female scholar athlete 6 7 She was in the 2002 Top VIII class with Emily Bloss Andre Davis Misty Hyman Leah Juno Nancy Metcalf Bryce Molder and Ruth Riley 8 The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar was Bradley Henderson See also EditList of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of University of Georgia peopleReferences Edit a b c Kim Black at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived a b c Kim Black Olympedia OlyMADMen Retrieved 3 September 2021 2004 Olympic Games swimming results CNN Retrieved 2007 07 22 Josh Jeffrey Will the Dawgs have their day Swimming World and Junior Swimmer Feb 1999 Accessed August 13 2008 USC Women s Swimming Defeats California 185 113 Archived 2008 08 22 at the Wayback Machine USC Trojans Athletic Department January 30 1998 Accessed August 13 2008 Previous Walter Byers Scholars The National Collegiate Athletic Association Archived from the original on 2008 07 05 Retrieved 2008 01 26 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STUDENT ATHLETES RECEIVE WALTER BYERS SCHOLARSHIPS The National Collegiate Athletic Association 2001 05 03 Archived from the original on December 13 2004 Retrieved 2008 01 26 2002 NCAA Today s Top VIII Award Recipients National Collegiate Athletic Association Archived from the original on 2008 01 23 Retrieved 2008 01 28 External links EditKim Black at the International Olympic Committee Kim Black at Swimrankings netPreceded byKristy Kowal NCAA Woman of the Year Award2001 Succeeded byTanisha Silas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kim Black amp oldid 1079979245, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
