University of Michigan Senior Wins Two Medals in Tokyo

Author Anne Erickson

July 30th, 2021 1:43 PM

Current University of Michigan senior Maggie MacNeil has not one but two Olympic medals from Tokyo.

MacNeil first scored an Olympic silver medal in a relay, as part of the Canadian 4×100-meter relay team on Sunday (July 25). Now, she has a gold and is the first women’s swimmer from the University of Michigan to win an individual Olympic gold medal in more than 50 years.

MacNeil triumphed in the women’s 100-meter butterfly for Team Canada on Monday (July 26) at Tokyo Aquatics Center. China’s Yufei Zhang scored the silver medal, and Australia’s Emma McKeon won the bronze.

MacNeil is the first women’s swimmer from the University of Michigan to take home an individual gold medal since Ginny Duenkel, who, coincidentally, won at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada celebrates with Sarah Sjoestroem of Team Sweden after competing in the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Davis Ramos/Getty Images)

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada celebrates with Sarah Sjoestroem of Team Sweden after competing in the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada poses with the gold medal for the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Silver medalist Yufei Zhang of Team China, gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Team Canada and bronze medalist Emma McKeon of Team Australia react after competing in the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada after winning the gold medal for the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Silver medalist Yufei Zhang of Team China, gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Team Canada and bronze medalist Emma McKeon of Team Australia pose after competing in the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

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  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26: Margaret Macneil of Team Canada poses with the gold medal for the Women's 100m Butterfly Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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