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University of Georgia.
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Kristina Kowal
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Kowal represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke. She was the National Collegiate Athletic Association swimmer of the year in 1999 and 2000. Kowal was the first American woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100-yard breaststroke.
During her college career she held 8 American and one world record.
She graduated from UGA in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Education (Bachelor of Science in Education). She is now an elementary teacher in Pennsylvania.
She was inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame in 2009, the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, University of Georgia"s Circle of Honor in 2012 and the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame in 2013.
Achievements
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She was the first American woman to win a world championship title in the 100-meter breaststroke. Kowal helped her college team, the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team of the University of Georgia (UGA), win two National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Swimming and Diving Championships. She won eight National Collegiate Athletic Association titles and 10 United States. Swimming national titles.
Membership
In 2000, she was named National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year and she was recipient of the Today"s Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001, which honors eight senior student-athletes each year. Kowal became a member of the United States Swimming Team in 1995.
