In 2016, swimmer Simone Manuel made history when she became the first Black American woman to win gold in an Olympic swimming event. In Tokyo, she won bronze in the 4 x 100m relay, and in Paris, she's looking to add to her medal tally. Her husband, Denzel Franklin, will be rooting for her.
"I think I knew he was the one just based off of how he made me feel," Manuel of her husband. "I never got tired of talking to him. We could talk about anything and everything.
He didn’t judge me. He really didn’t care about swimming in the sense that I felt like he really wanted to be with me for me. And I think sometimes that can be tough to find.
I think especially after winning gold in 2016, I was kind of approached by people but he just really genuinely cared for me as Simone Manuel, the person." After Paris, she says, she's looking forward to more time with Franklin. She to "go on a honeymoon, really travel the world together.
That’s something that we really want to do. And then just see what the future holds," she said. Here's everything you need to know about Simone Manuel's husband Denzel Franklin: Franklin is the son of Ron Franklin and Rosa Staelin.
He grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, where he played high school basketball, football, and competed on the track and field team. He played four seasons at Stanford University as a safety. At Stanford, he majored in urban studies.
They met as freshman at Stanford in 2014 at a new student orientation."We actually somehow got partnered u.