Full name Kimberly A. Black Weight 132 lb (60 kg) Nickname(s) "Kim" Sport Swimming | National team United States Name Kim Black Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |
Born September 30, 1978 (age 45) ( 1978-09-30 ) Liverpool, New York | ||
Kimberly A. "Kim" Black (born September 30, 1978) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
Black began her college swimming career at the University of Southern California, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko, before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1999. She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 2001. She is also recipient of a NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship in 2001. She was on the U.S. Women's swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games where she won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle relay. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – time All-American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships. Black was also awarded the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002. She was the female winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 2001 Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete.
She was in the 2002 Top VIII class with Emily Bloss, André Davis, Misty Hyman, Leah Juno, Nancy Metcalf, Bryce Molder, and Ruth Riley. The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar was Bradley Henderson.