Researching Ashley Whitney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1555 people with the Whitney surname? In that year Whitney was ranked number 2125 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Ashley Whitney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ashley Whitney and the Whitney Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2186 people with the Whitney surname in the UK? Whitney is now ranked number 2233 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Whitney surname in the USA? Whitney is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
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Ashley Whitney
Ashley Ann Whitney (born August 21, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer who was a freestyle specialist and an Olympic gold medalist.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Whitney earned a gold medal when she swam for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
She was born in Nashville, Tennessee. For high school, she attended the Bolles School, a private prep school in Jacksonville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Bolles high school swim team, a program with a reputation for producing future international swimmers and Olympians. She graduated from the Bolles School in 1998.
Whitney initially attended the University of Georgia, where she was a member of coach Jack Bauerle's Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team in 1999—Georgia's first NCAA national championship team. She later transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where she finished her college career swimming for coach Teri McKeever's Cal Bears women's swimming and diving team.
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