Misty Hyman

Misty Dawn Marie Hyman (born March 23, 1979 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Hyman was only supposed to contend for silver on that night (September 20, 2000), as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title. So shocked was Hyman over her gold, that witnesses heard Hyman yell, "OH, MY GOD!" at least 11 times in an aquatic centre that was stunned into silence over what had happened. In fact, she also looked at the scoreboard three times just to make sure that she had won. Also In 2000, she was ranked 35th in the world in the 50m fly, 12th in the 100m fly, and 2nd in the 200m fly. In 2002 she graduated from Stanford University, but did not return to the Olympic scene.

External link

• Misty Hyman's web page