Wendy Boglioli

Olympic medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Gold	Montreal 1976	4x100 m freestyle relay
Bronze	Montreal 1976	100 m butterfly

Wendy Lansbach Boglioli (born March 6, 1955) is a former Olympic swimmer and swimming coach from the United States, who later became a motivational speaker. She grew up in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.^[1]

1976 Montréal Olympics

She is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 100m butterfly(American Record) and, together with teammates Shirley Babashoff, Kim Peyton, and Jill Sterkel, the gold medal and world record, in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. The gold was particularly crucial to the U.S. women's team as it was the only gold medal awarded to them during the games.

Post-Olympic career

Wendy served as assistant coach of the Yale University Swim Team together with her husband Bernie Boglioli, before embarking on a career as a motivational speaker and spokesperson.

Wendy Boglioli at the age of 40 began competitive track cycling. She competed in the 1995 and 1996 U.S. Masters Track Cycling National Championship where she earned a total of 8 Gold Medals.(USA Masters Track Cycling, USCF). She also competed in the Senior National Track Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1996.(USCF)

In 1997, she entered the long-term care insurance field, and currently serves as national spokeswoman for Genworth Financial's Long Term Care Division. Her trademarked In the Arms of Women initiative is the first of its kind in the industry to recognize the distinctive needs of women clients. She continues to address the long term care needs of families focusing both on becoming Financially Sound and Physically Strong throughout life.

Wendy travels throughout the country giving motivational speeches to both corporations and social groups entitled "Finding the Champion Within".

Her passion for swimming continues to expand working with triathletes in the pool on a one on one basis. In 2008, she appeared in a BBC-produced documentary (airing on PBS) titled "Doping for Gold" which later was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Documentary category ^{[2] [3]}

Together with her husband of thirty three years, Wendy resides outside of Seattle, Washington, and has three children and one grandchild. In 2004, Wendy was honored as a Distinguished Alumna of Monmouth University^[4]. She was also inducted into Monmouth University's Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 ^[5]

References

External links

• Wendy Boglioli's web site
• Harvard Crimson article on Boglioli
• Olympic medal count database
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