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Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (born December 7, 1974)[1] is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar[2] and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]

Annette Salmeen

Personal information
Full name	Annette Elizabeth Salmeen
National team	United States
Born	(1974-12-07) December 7, 1974 (age 47) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
College team	University of California, Los Angeles
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly

Swimming career

Salmeen was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was a competitive swimmer by the age of 9, and became a standout swimmer at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she was co-captain of the girls' swimming team for two years.[4] While at Huron, Salmeen was three-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle, and once in the 100-yard butterfly.[4] Salmeen went on to swim at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a co-captain, four-time All-American, and an NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly.[5] She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly[6] at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan.[3] Salmeen qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[3] In individual competition at the Olympics, she finished 4th in the B Final (12th overall) in the women's 200-meter butterfly.[7]

Rhodes Scholarship

Salmeen graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Doctorate of Philosophy (D. Phil.) in biochemistry at Oxford University.[8] During her four years at St John's College, Oxford,[9] she was a member of the Oxford University Swimming Club, where she set three long-course records and six on the short-course.[5]

Stanford University

She earned her doctorate in 2001,[8] and returned to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.[10] In 2005, she was named to the board of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and again came back to Stanford University where she teaches as of 2022.[11]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of California, Los Angeles people

References

На других языках

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[de] Annette Salmeen

Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (* 7. Dezember 1974 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)[1] ist eine amerikanische Biochemikerin, ehemalige Rhodes Scholar[2] und Goldmedaillengewinnerin bei den Olympischen Spielen 1996.[3]

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- [en] Annette Salmeen

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[es] Annette Salmeen

Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (Estados Unidos, 7 de diciembre de 1974)[1] es una nadadora retirada especialista en estilo libre. Fue olímpica en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996 donde consiguió una medalla de oro en la prueba de 4x200 metros libres tras nadar las series eliminatorias.[2][3]

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