User:Philipmj24



About me
My mother is Thai and my father is White, which makes me Thai American or Asian American. After graduating high school in 2007, I enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and underwent initial training at MCRD San Diego. After boot camp, I attended Marine Combat Training, and then Personnel Administration School to be trained as an administrative specialist. After serving at 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa and 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton, I was honorably discharged from service in 2011, achieving the rank of corporal. I then utilized the Post-9/11 GI Bill to attend Missouri State University. I graduated in 2014 magna cum laude with a B.S. in sociology and a minor in criminology. I'm currently employed with the Social Security Administration.

Although most of my edits are swimming related, I'm only a moderate swimmer. I am however a decent runner. In my lifetime, I’ve run the mile in under 5 minutes, the 5K in a little over 18 minutes, and the 10k in under 40 minutes.

On Wikipedia
Most of my edits are done to American athletes and swimmers. My edits include: ensuring biographies are up-to-date, updating statistics and achievements, formatting biographies so there's consistency, expanding articles, and creating articles (mostly athletic and swimming related). My first edit was on the page of American long-distance runner and Olympic bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan on February 8, 2009. The first article I created was of American swimmer Dagny Knutson on April 3, 2009.

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Articles I've created
Some pages I've started:


 * Missy Franklin (World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Elena Lashmanova (Former world record holder, 2012 Olympic gold medalist, and convicted drug cheat)
 * Tyler Clary (2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Katie Ledecky (World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Florent Manaudou (World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Yannick Agnel (World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Ashton Eaton (World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Jimmy Feigen (2012 Olympic silver medalist)
 * Park Seung-hi (2010 Olympic bronze medalist and 2014 Olympic gold medalist)

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Wikipedia awards
The Swimming Barnstar Given in recognition of your many contributions to competitive swimming articles, including your efforts in the creation and improvement of those about Olympic swimmers. Thank you for your outstanding work over many years. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:53, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

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