Terrie Norlene Miller (born 10 March 1978) is an American-born Norwegian
swimmer
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.
She competed at the
European Short Course Swimming Championships 1996
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, where she won a gold medal in 100 m
breaststroke
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and a silver medal in 50 m breaststroke. She also won a bronze medal in 50 m breaststroke at the
1994 European Sprint Swimming Championships
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in
Stavanger
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. She was coached by Sondre Solberg since 1992.
She participated in the
1996 Summer Olympics
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, where she finished 20th in 100 m breaststroke.
In 1997, she accepted an
athletic scholarship
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to attend the
University of Nebraska
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in
Lincoln, Nebraska
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, where she competed for the
Nebraska Cornhuskers
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swimming and diving team under head coach Cal Bentz and coaches Jan Bidrman and Paul Nelsen. There she lived and trained with other renowned swimmers:
Penny Heyns
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,
Therese Alshammar
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Valērijs Kalmikovs
Valērijs "Val" Kalmikovs (born March 4, 1973) is a Latvian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000) and a top 16 finalist in the 200 m breaststroke on his Olympic de ...
and
Adam Pine
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. While swimming for the Cornhuskers, Miller received three
All-American
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honors (1997, 1998 and 1999), and captured two
Big 12 Conference
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titles (1997 and 1998).
Also in 1997, Miller participated in the Norwegian gameshow Mestermøtet broadcast on TV2 presented by
Hallvard Flatland
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Miller has 54 senior National Championship medals: 52 in swimming (26 gold, 22 silver and 4 bronze) 1993–2002 and two in ice hockey (gold in 1990 for Vålerenga Hockey and bronze in 2008 for Jordal Ishockeyklubb).
Personal life
Miller was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States on 10 March 1978.
Alta Svømmeklubb
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