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Rebecca Soni

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Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who swam for the University of Southern California, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a member of the U.S. national team, she held the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay from 2012 to 2017 (long course). Soni has won a total of twenty-two medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, seven silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Universiade, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Rebecca Soni is the 329th most popular swimmer (down from 281st in 2024), the 16,684th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,799th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rebecca Soni ranks 329 out of 709. Before her are Robert Finke, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Ricardo Prado, Camelia Potec, Lin Li, and Nicole Haislett. After her are Ingrid Lempereur, Michelle Smith, Inge Dekker, Anthony Ervin, Giaan Rooney, and Gemma Mengual.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Rebecca Soni ranks 590. Before her are Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Naomi Watanabe, Erwin Hoffer, Andrey Golubev, Hao Junmin, and Leo Komarov. After her are Gustav Svensson, Mats Zuccarello, Thomas Dekker, Hina Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, and Hisako Kanemoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rebecca Soni ranks 16,690 out of 20,380. Before her are Lil Uzi Vert (1994), Jordan Bridges (1973), Roger Mason Jr. (1980), Derrick Coleman (1967), and Jason Richardson (1986). After her are Jeffrey McLaughlin (1965), Vincent Piazza (1976), Rachel Dratch (1966), Michael Irvin (1966), Vinny Del Negro (1966), Christine Todd Whitman (1946), and Jennifer Sky (1976).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Rebecca Soni ranks 120. Before her are Dara Torres (1967), George DiCarlo (1963), Ryan Lochte (1984), Robert Finke (1999), Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962), and Nicole Haislett (1972). After her are Anthony Ervin (1981), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Jason Lezak (1975), Aaron Peirsol (1983), Carrie Steinseifer (1968), and David Berkoff (1966).

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