Misty Hyman

Misty Hyman
Misty Hyman
Personal information
Full name Misty Dawn Marie Hyman
Nationality  United States
Born March 23, 1979 (1979-03-23) (age 32)
Globe, Arizona
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Backstroke, Butterfly
Club Arizona Desert Fox

Misty Dawn Marie Hyman (born March 23, 1979 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1]

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Swimming career

1996 Olympic Trials

In March 1996, she just missed making the USA Olympic team for the 1996 Games, finishing third at the USA Trials in both the 100 and 200 butterflies.

2000 Summer Olympics

Hyman was only expected to contend for silver on that night (September 20, 2000), as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title (O'Neill had been undefeated in the 200 fly for the previous 3–4 years; and was swimming in her home country). So shocked was Hyman over her gold, that witnesses heard Hyman yell, "Oh my God!" at least eleven times in an aquatic centre that was stunned into silence over what had happened. In fact, she also looked at the scoreboard three times just to make sure that she had won.

Also in 2000, Hyman was ranked 35th in the world in the 50 m butterfly, 12th in the 100 m butterfly, and 2nd in the 200 m butterfly.

Post 2000 Olympics

Hyman failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympics after finishing a disappointing 8th place in the 200 m butterfly at the USA Olympic Trials. She retired from the sport of swimming shortly after.

Personal

Hyman attended Shadow Mountain High School under the tutelage of her coach Edwin Hsu, and later did her collegiate swimming at Stanford University. She earned the NCAA's Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002. In 2002, she graduated from Stanford University.

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[2] in her home state of Arizona in Paradise Valley. She will be working with people at all levels of performance ability.

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Records
Preceded by
China Limin Liu
Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)

December 1, 1996 – March 28, 1997
Succeeded by
Japan Ayari Aoyama

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