{"id":336908,"date":"2018-11-08T12:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=336908"},"modified":"2018-11-08T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T22:37:29","slug":"simone-manuel-and-ryan-murphy-to-serve-as-usa-swimming-foundation-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-and-ryan-murphy-to-serve-as-usa-swimming-foundation-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Manuel and Ryan Murphy to Serve as USA Swimming Foundation Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2013 The USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming, today welcomed Olympic gold medalists Simone Manuel<\/strong> (Sugar Land, Texas\/Stanford Swimming) and Ryan Murphy<\/strong> (Jacksonville, Fla.\/California Aquatics) as its newest Ambassadors. The pair will join a talented roster of USA Swimming Foundation Ambassadors whose focus is to champion the Foundation\u2019s mission of \u2018Saving Lives & Building Champions \u2013 in the pool and in life.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSimone and Ryan are amazing athletes whose impact in the pool, coupled with their passions for teaching children how to swim and their first-hand experience with the need to support our USA Swimming National Team coaches and athletes, provides an incredible opportunity\u201d USA Swimming Foundation Executive Director Debbie Hesse<\/strong> said. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Simone and Ryan as USA Swimming Foundation Ambassadors, and with their help, look forward to expanding public awareness of the importance of water safety and the life-saving skill of swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, both Manuel and Murphy have made headlines for their standout performances in the water. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Manuel took home four medals, two gold and two silver. Her first-place performance in the 100-meter freestyle<\/a> etched her name in the history books, becoming the first African-American female to win an individual Olympic gold medal in swimming. Murphy, who set the current 100-meter backstroke<\/a> world-record at the 2016 Olympic Games, took home three gold medals in the 100m back<\/a>, 200m back<\/a> and 4x100m medley relay. Most recently, the duo represented the U.S. internationally at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have long admired the USA Swimming Foundation for the impact it has made both in and out of the water,\u201d<\/span> Simone Manuel said. \u201cJoining the Foundation as an Ambassador is an incredible honor and I cannot wait to be a part of the difference they are making for both children across the country and the USA Swimming National Team.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n
A post shared by Simone Manuel (@swimone)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n