Melanie Valerio
American swimmer
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| Full name | Melanie M. Valerio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-05-07) May 7, 1969 (age 54) Youngstown, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melanie M. Valerio (born May 7, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
Valerio was born in Campbell, Ohio and graduated from the Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. Afterward, she attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Valerio earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Valerio races Ironman and is an elite age-group member of the Timex Multisport Team. She often blogs her races and training for Timex.[1].
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Virginia people
References
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- 1996 United States Olympic Trials
- Ryan Berube
- Brad Bridgewater
- Carlton Bruner
- Greg Burgess
- Ray Carey
- Josh Davis
- Tom Dolan
- David Fox
- Kurt Grote
- Gary Hall Jr.
- John Hargis
- Mark Henderson
- Joe Hudepohl
- Jeremy Linn
- Tom Malchow
- Eric Namesnik
- Jon Olsen (team captain)
- John Piersma
- Jeff Rouse (team captain)
- Brad Schumacher
- Tripp Schwenk
- Scott Tucker
- Peter Wright
- Eric Wunderlich
- Amanda Beard
- Brooke Bennett
- Beth Botsford
- Janet Evans (team captain)
- Catherine Fox
- Whitney Hedgepeth
- Trina Jackson
- Lisa Jacob
- Angel Martino
- Whitney Metzler
- Kristine Quance
- Annette Salmeen
- Jilen Siroky
- Sheila Taormina
- Cristina Teuscher
- Jenny Thompson
- Melanie Valerio
- Amy Van Dyken
- Allison Wagner
- Ashley Whitney
- Skip Kenney (men's head coach)
- David Marsh
- Richard Quick (women's head coach)
- Eddie Reese
- Mark Schubert
- Jonty Skinner
- Murray Stephens
- Gregg Troy
- Jon Urbanchek
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