Misty Hyman

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Misty Hyman
Personal information
Full nameMisty Dawn Marie Hyman
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1979-03-23) March 23, 1979 (age 45)
Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight143 lb (65 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, butterfly
ClubArizona Desert Fox
College team Stanford University
Coach Richard Quick
Stanford
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 200 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Gothenburg 200 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Gothenburg 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Gothenburg 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Gothenburg 200 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly

Misty Dawn Marie Hyman (born March 23, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Hyman won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [1]

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In March 1996, she just missed making the U.S. Olympic team for the 1996 Games, finishing third and fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events.

Hyman competed as a member of the U.S. Finswimming Team at the 8th World Championship held in Hungary during August 1996. [2] [3] [4]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Hyman was only expected to contend for silver in women's 200-meter butterfly on the night of September 20, 2000, as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title (O'Neill had been undefeated in the 200-meter butterfly for the previous 6 years; [5] and was swimming in her home country). Hyman was so shocked that she looked at the scoreboard three times just to make sure that she had won. Hyman's victory was largely credited to her expert use of the very difficult fish kick on turns. [6]

Also in 2000, Hyman was ranked 35th in the world in the 50-meter butterfly, twelfth in the 100-meter butterfly, and second in the 200-meter butterfly.

Personal

Hyman graduated from Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona. [7] She attended Stanford University, under Hall of Fame Coach Richard Quick [8] where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team with Jessica Foschi. [9] During this time, she befriended Chelsea Clinton, who was watching in the stands in Sydney when Hyman won gold. [10] She twice received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1997–98 and again in 2000–01. [11] [12] She graduated from Stanford in 2002 [7] and earned an MBA in Hospitality at Les Roches University in Switzerland. [6]

In 2009, Hyman returned to Shadow Mountain High School and was appointed the Head Swim Coach. [7] She would later be awarded the "Coach of the Year" award later that season. Hyman switched to part-time coaching at SMHS in 2011.

Hyman swam at AFOX under head coach and swim improver Bob Gillett. He was not there to see her swim, but her performance in the "golden" swim is among his biggest accomplishments.

In 1984, Hyman was diagnosed with asthma.

On November 19, 2009, it was announced that Hyman would be teaching private swim instructions as a part of the fitness team at the Sanctuary on Camelback Resort. Now, she has built her own pool and teaches there as well as the Sanctuary [13] in her home state of Arizona in Paradise Valley, working with people at all levels of performance ability.

In 2015, Hyman was named an assistant coach at Arizona State University's swimming and diving team. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Levy, Elizabeth (July 15, 2020). "Epic Swims: Misty Hyman beats Madame Butterfly for 200 fly gold, Sydney 2000". SwimSwam. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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  5. ↑ Cowley, Michael (September 11, 2010). "The night Madame Butterfly got stung". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Almond, Elliott (August 10, 2016). "Olympics: The day Misty Hyman upset 'Madame Butterfly'". The Mercury News . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Metcalfe, Jeff (May 29, 2015). "Olympic champion Misty Hyman joining ASU swim staff". AZ Central . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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  14. ↑ Carroll, Tony (May 30, 2015). "Bob Bowman Hires Misty Hyman As New Assistant Coach At Arizona State". SwimSwam. Retrieved May 26, 2021.


Records
Preceded by Women's 100-meter butterfly
world record-holder (short course)
December 1, 1996 – March 28, 1997		Succeeded by


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