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Michelle Smith

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Michelle Smith de Bruin (born 16 December 1969) is an Irish lawyer and retired Olympic swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley, and also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event. Smith's rise to dominance in the 1995 European Championships, followed by her wins in Atlanta, all at a relatively advanced age for swimmers, were marked by allegations of doping that were never proven. Smith was later banned for four years by FINA, the international swimming federation, for manipulation of an anti-doping sample by deliberate contamination with alcohol, a decision upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when Smith appealed. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Michelle Smith is the 331st most popular swimmer (down from 310th in 2024), the 460th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 448th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Michelle Smith ranks 331 out of 709. Before her are Ricardo Prado, Camelia Potec, Lin Li, Nicole Haislett, Rebecca Soni, and Ingrid Lempereur. After her are Inge Dekker, Anthony Ervin, Giaan Rooney, Gemma Mengual, Gustavo Borges, and Le Jingyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Michelle Smith ranks 977. Before her are Marcio dos Santos Silva, İzel, Jean Elias, Martin Kotůlek, Ingrid Lempereur, and Valery Belenky. After her are Ryszard Wolny, Flavio Anastasia, Torsten May, Hanna Balabanova, Nandita Das, and Hiroshi Ninomiya.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Michelle Smith ranks 460 out of 549. Before her are Charlie McCreevy (1949), Frank Stapleton (1956), John Carney (1972), Steve Staunton (1969), Fionnuala Sherry (1962), and Bambie Thug (1993). After her are Patrick McCabe (1955), Shane Lowry (1987), Elaine Cassidy (1979), Kevin Moran (1956), Mairead McGuinness (1959), and Frank Kelly (1938).

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Among SWIMMERS In Ireland

Among swimmers born in Ireland, Michelle Smith ranks 1. After her are Mona McSharry (2000), Puch Hem (1999), Brendan Hyland (1994), and Darragh Greene (1995).

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