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Emily Susan Silver is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning U.S. team of the 4�100 metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She competed alongside US swimmers Natalie Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer and Kara Lynn Joyce. Silver overcame a broken hand suffered in the Olympic trials, returning after a few weeks to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Silver swam collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley. She was named team MVP as a freshman and served as co-captain of the team in 2007?2008. She achieved All-American status in twenty different events including the 50 m free, 100 m free, 200 m free, 400 m free relay, and 800 m free relay, among others. Silver was the 2007 Pac-10 champion in the 100 m free and 200 m free. She also set the school record in the 50 m free in 2007, breaking future US swimming teammate Natalie Coughlin?s record.
Silver's post-swimming career highlights include a two-year stint as Athlete Relations Manager for USA Swimming. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
October 9th, 1985 in St. Petersburg (Age 39) as Emily Susan Silver
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