1. Nancy Lynn Hogshead-Makar is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal.
15 Facts About Nancy Hogshead-Makar
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sports.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar was born in Iowa City, Iowa, but her family moved to Florida shortly afterwards.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar was a four-time ACC champion and two-time All-American.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar was the first woman to be inducted into the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar won additional national titles on her way to qualifying for the 1984 US swimming team.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar competed in the first event of the Games, the women's 100m freestyle, where she won in a tie-finish, with American teammate Carrie Steinseifer.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar served on the board of trustees from 1987 to 1993 and as its president from 1993 to 1994.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar was their Legal Adviser from 2003 to 2010, and was their Senior Director of Advocacy from 2010 to 2014.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar represented student-athletes and universities in Title IX matters.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar was an evaluator for missed drug tests by the United States Anti-Doping Agency from 2003 to 2014.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar has testified in Congress numerous times and has served on two Presidential committees on gender in sports.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar's husband served as Florida Solicitor General upon his appointment by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in February 2007.
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar is currently a state appellate judge, a member of the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
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From 1984 to 1996, Nancy Hogshead-Makar lectured around the world about asthma management.