Simone Manuel is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle events. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter...
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Simone Manuel is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle events. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter...
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Photo by The Filipino Athlete, from La Vanguardia (1 June 1936, p. 6): https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000380806&posicion=6&presentacion=pagina
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Nils Christiansen Filipino-American swimmer.
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Photo by The Filipino Athlete, from La Vanguardia (1 June 1936, p. 6): https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000380806&posicion=6&presentacion=pagina
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This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria:
It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Nils Christiansen Filipino-American swimmer.
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United States social security application
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Eric Buhain is a Filipino competitive swimmer and politician.
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