Stephanie Nesbitt (born 10 August 1985) is a Canadian-born American competitor in

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. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the

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, in the

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competition.

Personal life

Nesbitt was born in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, Canada, on 10 August 1985. Stephanie's mother is synchronized swimming champion and coach

Sue Baross Nesbitt Sue Baross Nesbitt, (born 1954) is an American synchronized swimming champion and international coach. She is currently the head coach with the Riverside Aquettes in Riverside, California. Swimming career Sue Baross was a member of the Santa ...

. Her younger sister is Barbara Nesbitt, who is also a synchronized swimmer and trainer.

Career

Stephanie began swimming with the Riverside AQuettes in Riverside, CA, as a child. In 1994, she took first place in the Junior National Duet Champion with fellow Riverside AQuettes team member

Courtenay Stewart Courtenay Stewart (born January 17, 1985) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer, who won the silver medal in the women's duet at the 2003 Pan American Games alongside partner Fanny Létourneau. Early life and education Courtenay Stewart was born ...

. In 2002, she placed second in the duet competition with Sara Lowe at the VIII Junior World Championships in

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, and was a member of the USA Team that came in 3rd place at the X FINA World Cup in

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, Switzerland. She was a member of the USA Team that placed 3rd overall and in Free Routine Combination at the X World Aquatic Championships in

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, Spain, in 2003, before she went on to participate with the team that took first at the XIV Pan American Games in

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. At the XXVIII Olympic Games in

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, Greece, she was part of Team USA, which took the bronze. Along with the rest of the U.S. 2004 Olympic Team for Synchronized Swimming, Stephanie was a U.S.S.S. Athlete of the Year, a U.S.O.C. Sportswoman of the Year, and nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award.Bean, Dawn Pawson Bean. Synchronized Swimming: An American History. McFarland Company Inc. Publishers, Jefferson (North Carolina, USA), 2005.

References

1985 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming American synchronized swimmers Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Toronto Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub