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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
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Melanie M. Valerio
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Cleveland
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55 years
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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].
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Famous American Female Swimmers
I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck. – Megan Quann
Famous Female Swimmers
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. – Amanda Beard
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