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Tom Shields

1991 - Today

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Thomas Allen Shields (born July 11, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian and the current American record-holder in the short course 50-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims. Later the same year, he became the first American to swim faster than 44 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a new American record of 43.84 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Shields is the 761st most popular swimmer (up from 895th in 2019), the 20,268th most popular biography from United States (up from 20,551st in 2019) and the 192nd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Tom Shields ranks 761 out of 709. Before him are Stephanie Au, Santo Condorelli, Anna Ntountounaki, Tang Qianting, Paige Madden, and Aleksandr Krasnykh. After him are Kathleen Dawson, Arianna Castiglioni, Bernhard Reitshammer, Hannah Miley, Caspar Corbeau, and Henning Mühlleitner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Tom Shields ranks 1,513. Before him are Adreian Payne, Mykola Butsenko, Yuko Takase, Eusebio Cáceres, Taylor Spivey, and Adam Helcelet. After him are Marija Ulitina, Takuya Sugai, Stefanie Horn, Ryosuke Hisadomi, Lino Muñoz, and Michele Vitali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Shields ranks 20,276 out of 20,380. Before him are Luke Babbitt (1989), Lindsay Tarpley (1983), Zak Whitbread (1984), Laulauga Tausaga (1998), John Tolkin (2002), and Hamza Yusuf (1958). After him are Kyla Kenedy (2003), Billy Gilman (1988), Todd Frazier (1986), Landry Bender (2000), Corey Kispert (1999), and John Gibson (1993).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Tom Shields ranks 192. Before him are Sydney Pickrem (1997), Kevin Cordes (1993), Blake Pieroni (1995), Claire Donahue (1989), Kathleen Baker (1997), and Paige Madden (1998). After him are Caspar Corbeau (2001), Zach Apple (1997), Conor Dwyer (1989), Larsen Jensen (1985), Ryan Held (1995), and Jack Alexy (2003).

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