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Melissa Belote

 
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Melissa Belote
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Full name Melissa Louise Belote
Nationality  United States
Stroke(s) Backstroke
Date of birth October 16, 1956 (1956-10-16) (age 53)
Place of birth Washington

Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956 in Washington, D.C.) is an Olympic and former World Record holding backstroke swimmer from the United States. She swam for her native country at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.

At 15-years-old at the '72 Games, she won three gold medals; one of these came in the 100m backstroke where Belote defeated her American teammate and record holder Susan Atwood. In the 200m Backstroke, Belote set a World Record (2:19.19), and would go on to hold the World Record from 1972-74.

She retired from the sport in 1979. Four years later she was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[1]

References

  1. ^ Belote's entry on the International Swimming Hall of Fame website.





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