Melanie M. Valerio (born May 7, 1969) is an American former 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 ...
and Olympic gold medalist.
Valerio was born in
Campbell, Ohio
Campbell (; ) is a city in eastern Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 7,852 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located directly southeast of Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown, it is a suburb i ...
and graduated from the
Hawken School
Hawken School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school in Northeast Ohio.
Hawken currently has two main campuses, the Lower and Middle Schools in Lyndhurst and the Upper School in Chester Township, plus a third, an ur ...
in
Gates Mills, Ohio
Gates Mills is a village in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. The population was 2,264 at the 2020 census.
History
Gates Mills was originally part of Mayfield T ...
. Afterward, she attended the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...
in
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat, seat of government of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County, which surrounds the ...
, where she swam for the
Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team.
At the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
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 Time
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 ...
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List of University of Virginia people
The University of Virginia is a public university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Following is a partial list of its notable alumni, faculty, board members, and rectors.
Alumni
Col stands for College of Arts and Sciences.
Academics and educati ...
References
1969 births
Living people
American female freestyle swimmers
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Cleveland
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Virginia Cavaliers women's swimmers
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
People from Campbell, Ohio
Sportspeople from Mahoning County, Ohio
Hawken School alumni
20th-century American sportswomen
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