Nancy Hogshead-Makar won 3 golds and a silver at the 1984 LA Olympic Games. She received a law degree from Georgetown and has devoted her life to fighting for gender equity in sports. Three years before her Olympic triumphs, Nancy was brutally raped while attending Duke University. She feared she was too emotionally damaged to swim again, but the support of her coach and community in getting her back in the water after this trauma ultimately saved her life and her sanity. Nancy uses these profound life experiences as the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts for equality and accountability in sport. Thanks to the tireless efforts of her team, in 2018, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and SafeSport Authorization Act was finally enacted. Nancy continues to fight for the rights of women athletes every single day.
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