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| Full name | Kimberly Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Kim" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-04-30)April 30, 1978 (age 46)[1][2] Liverpool, New York[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 132 lb (60 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California University of Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimberly "Kim" Black (born April 30, 1978)[1][2] is an American former competitionswimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
Black began her college swimming career at theUniversity of Southern California, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such asLindsay Benko, before transferring to theUniversity of Georgia in 1999.[4][5] She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named theNCAA 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 the2000 Summer Olympics where she won a gold medal in the800 meter freestyle relay. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – timeAll-American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships. Black was also awarded theToday's Top VIII Award as a member of theClass of 2002. She was the female winner of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 2001Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete.[6][7]
She was in the 2002 Top VIII class withEmily Bloss,André Davis,Misty Hyman,Leah Juno,Nancy Metcalf,Bryce Molder, andRuth Riley.[8] The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar wasBradley Henderson.
| Preceded by | NCAA Woman of the Year Award 2001 | Succeeded by |
