Megan Romano (born February 2, 1991) is an American competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in

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and freestyle events. She is part of the current American record women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, and is the short-course yards American record-holder in the 200-yard freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Along with her Georgia Bulldogs teammates, she won the NCAA Division I women's team championship in 2013.

Swimming career

Italian american, at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Romano narrowly missed the Olympic team by finishing seventh in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:58.56 (the top six finishers were selected for the relay). Romano also competed in the final of the 100-meter backstroke and place eighth in the final. At the 2012 Short Course World Championships, Romano won four medals: two gold, one silver, and one bronze. On the first day, Romano led off the relay and had a split of 1:56.03 in the 4×200 free relay. Along with teammates Chelsea Chenault,

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, and

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, they won with a time of 7:39.25. Romano earned her first individual medal with a silver in the 100-meter free on the third day of competition, finishing behind Germany's

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with a 52.48. Later, she anchored the 4×100 medley relay to a bronze-medal-winning 3:51.43 with the fastest split in the field of 51.90. In Romano's last event, she led off the relay with a split of 52.86, and along with

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, Lia Neal, and

, won the 4×100 free relay in 3:31.01, nearly two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Australia. At the

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, Romano anchored the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay to a gold medal, overtaking Australia's

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in the final 100 meters. She entered the water 7 tenths of a second behind Coutts, but beat the Australian by a margin of 0.12. Her split of 52.60 was a personal best and second-fastest of anyone in the field. The final relay time of 3:32.31 bettered the previous American record of 3:34.24. Romano earned her second medal, a gold, in the 4×100-meter medley relay with

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, and

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. Swimming the anchor leg, Romano recorded a split of 53.43 and the team finished with a time of 3:53.23.

Personal bests

References

External links

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Megan Romano – University of Georgia athlete profile at GeorgiaDogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Megan 1991 births Living people American female backstroke swimmers American female freestyle swimmers Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States American people of Italian descent Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century American sportswomen

Swimming career

Personal bests

See also

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