Diana MacManus (born April 10, 1986) is a female

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from the

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. As a member of the USA National team she competed at the

2001 Goodwill Games The 2001 Goodwill Games was the fifth and final edition of the international multi-sport event. The competition was held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 29 August to 9 September 2001. A total around 1300 athletes took part in 14 sporti ...

held in Brisbane, Australia where she won two silver medals. At the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Russia where she brought home two more bronze medals. She then represented team USA at the

2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record A world record is usually t ...

in Yokohama, Japan and the

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in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where she won two gold medals and one bronze. She is also a three-time national champion in the 100m and 200m backstroke. A native of

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, she was trained by coach

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of the Irvine Novaquatics from the age of 12. She broke the USA's 11-12 age-group national record at age 12 in 50 yard backstroke, and at the age of 14, MacManus attempted to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 100m backstroke, finishing in fourth place in the U.S. Olympic trials. At the Brazil meet of 2001–2002 FINA Swimming World Cup, she won both the 50 and 100 backstrokes.

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Profile (Internet Archive version)

Articles in Los Angeles Times

* https://archive.today/20121205080750/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panamwswim.shtml * http://www.novaquatics.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=4870&team=nova * http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimwcs.htm 1986 births Living people Swimmers from San Diego Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) American female backstroke swimmers Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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