Simone Manuel

NEW YORK – AUGUST 27, 2016: Rio 2016 Olympics Champion swimmer Manuel participates at Arthur Ashe Kids Day 2016 at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Leonard Zhukovsky/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Simone Ashley Manuel

Place of Birth: Harris, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 2, 1996

Ethnicity: African-American

Simone Manuel is an American professional swimmer. She specializes in freestyle events. She won two gold and two silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a bronze medal as the anchor of the American 4×100-meter freestyle relay team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She was the first African-American woman to win an individual gold medal in swimming. She is 5′10″.

Simone is the daughter of Sharron Griffin and Marc Manuel. She has been vocal about the issue of police brutality against the African-American community.