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Medal record
Catherine Fox
Women's Swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4x100 m Freestyle
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4x100 m Medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4x100m Freestyle
Bronze	1997 Fukuoka	100m Freestyle
Bronze	1997 Fukuoka	100m Backstroke

Catherine Mai Lan Fox (born December 15, 1977) is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an International Medal summary The 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Atlants USA The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an International Medal summary The 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Atlants USA The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course Swimming event first held in 1985. The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m event was held in 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan, from August The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m event was held in 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan, from August The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m event was held in 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan, from August Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an International

She is of Vietnamese and American ethnicity. The Vietnamese people (người Việt or vi ''người Kinh'' are an Ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[1] Her father, Thomas C. Fox (former editor and publisher of the National Catholic Reporter), worked in Vietnam for International Voluntary Services from 1966 to 1968, where he met Catherine's mother, To Kim Hoa, a social worker in Can Tho who married Mr. The National Catholic Reporter (NCR is an independent weekly Newspaper Published since October 1964 by lay and religious of the Roman Catholic Church Cần Thơ, the name comes from "cầm thi giang" - river of poems is a city in Vietnam. Fox and moved to the United States in 1972.

Fox grew up in Roeland Park, Kansas, attended high school at Bishop Meige and graduated from Stanford University, majoring in human biology and studio art. Roeland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Bishop Miege High School is a Catholic High school, located in Roeland Park Kansas, United States Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in ^[2]

Fox competed at the 1995 Pan American Games and was a member of the gold medal-winning 4x200 freestyle relay team. The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 11 to March 26, 1995 She made the U. S. Olympic team for the Atlanta Games as a freestyle swimmer, and was a member of two gold-winning relay teams: the 400-meter freestyle (where she swam in the final) and the 400-meter medley (where she swam freestyle in a preliminary heat). Fox won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay, and bronze medals in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke, at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m event was held in 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan, from August

At Stanford, Fox was a 21-time All-American in swimming, a 9-time NCAA champion, and set an American record in the 100-meter backstroke in 1999 with a time of 52. The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four 47 seconds. ^[3]

Fox was the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian ^[4] In 2006, she was named to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. ^[5]

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