| 词条 | Kristy Kowal |
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| name = Kristy Kowal | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Kristina Ann Kowal | nicknames = "Kristy" | national_team = {{USA}} | strokes = Breaststroke | club = Athens Bulldog Swim Club | coach = | collegeteam = University of Georgia | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Reading, Pennsylvania | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|146|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}{{MedalCountry | the United States}}{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | 100 m breaststroke}}{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | 4×100 m medley}}{{MedalSilver | 1998 Perth | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalSilver | 2001 Fukuoka | 50 m breaststroke}}{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}{{MedalGold | 1997 Fukuoka | 4×100 m medley}}{{MedalSilver | 1999 Sydney | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalBronze | 1997 Fukuoka | 100 m breaststroke}}{{MedalBronze | 1999 Sydney | 100 m breaststroke}}{{MedalBronze | 2002 Yokohama | 200 m breaststroke}} }} Kristina Ann Kowal (born October 9, 1978) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Kowal represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke. She was the first American woman to win a world championship title in the 100-meter breaststroke. Kowal helped her college team, the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team of the University of Georgia (UGA), win two NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. She was the NCAA swimmer of the year in 1999 and 2000. Kowal was the first American woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100-yard breaststroke. She won eight NCAA titles and 10 U.S. Swimming national titles. During her college career she held 8 American and one world record. In 2000, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year and she was recipient of the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001, which honors eight senior student-athletes each year. She graduated from UGA in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed). Kowal became a member of the United States Swimming Team in 1995. She is now an elementary teacher in the Wilson School District, located in her hometown of West Lawn, Pennsylvania. She was inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame in 2009, the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, University of Georgia's Circle of Honor in 2012 and the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame in 2013. See also
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12 : 1978 births|Living people|American female breaststroke swimmers|American people of Polish descent|Former world record holders in swimming|Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers|Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming|Olympic swimmers of the United States|Sportspeople from Reading, Pennsylvania|Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics|World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming|Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics |
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