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Tim Shaw

1957 - Today

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Timothy Andrew Shaw (born November 8, 1957) is an American former Olympic medal-winning swimmer and water polo player. He swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics and played on the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of a handful of athletes to win Olympic medals in two different sports. Between 1974 and 1984, Shaw won two Olympic silver medals; three world championships; seven U.S. Amateur Athletic Union national titles; and three U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Tim Shaw is the 250th most popular swimmer (down from 246th in 2024), the 14,621st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,855th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Tim Shaw ranks 250 out of 709. Before him are Sun Yang, Heike Friedrich, Sándor Wladár, Paul Biedermann, Tatjana Schoenmaker, and Anita Lonsbrough. After him are Petra Schneider, Anne Ottenbrite, Silke Hörner, Alex Baumann, Oussama Mellouli, and Beverley Whitfield.

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Among people born in 1957, Tim Shaw ranks 693. Before him are Payne Stewart, Taylor Negron, Harvey Glance, Mark E. Smith, Vladimir Alikin, and Philip May. After him are Roy Cooper, Eric Bristow, Robert Clohessy, Olaf Heredia, Bill Cartwright, and Sheila Ingram.

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Tim Shaw ranks 97. Before him are Leo Goodwin (1883), Keena Rothhammer (1957), Stephen Rerych (1946), Shirley Babashoff (1957), Shelley Mann (1937), and Pablo Morales (1964). After him are Jenny Thompson (1973), Donna de Varona (1947), Janet Evans (1971), Tom Jager (1964), Mike O'Brien (1965), and Tracy Caulkins (1963).

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