Misty Hyman

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Medal record
Misty Hyman
Women's Swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	200m Butterfly
World Championsips (SC)
Gold	1995 Rio de Janeiro	100m Backstroke
Silver	1997 Gothenburg	100m Backstroke
Silver	1997 Gothenburg	4x100m Medley
Bronze	1995 Rio de Janeiro	4x100m Medley
Bronze	1997 Gothenburg	100m Backstroke
Bronze	1997 Gothenburg	100m Butterfly
Bronze	1997 Gothenburg	200m Butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze	1997 Fukuoka	200m Butterfly

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 eleven 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. Hyman failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympics after finishing a disappointing 8th place in the 200m fly at the Olympic trials. She retired from the sport of swimming shortly after.

She swam at AFOX under head coach and swim improver Bob Gillet. He was not there to see her swim, however her performance in the "golden" swim is among his biggest accomplishments.

Misty Hyman attended Shadow Mountain High School, and later did her collegiate swimming at Stanford University. She earned the NCAA's Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002.

In 1984, Hyman was diagnosed with asthma.

Records
Preceded by Limin Liu	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (short course) December 1, 1996 – March 28, 1997	Succeeded by Ayari Aoyama

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