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Lindsay Dianne Benko (born November 29, 1976), also known by her married name as Lindsay Mintenko, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She held the short-course world record in the 400-meter freestyle (at 3:59.53) for nearly three years from January 2003 to December 2005.[2]

Lindsay Benko

Personal information
Full name	Lindsay Dianne Benko
National team	United States
Born	(1976-11-29) November 29, 1976 (age 45) Elkhart, Indiana
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	163 lb (74 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Trojan Swim Club
College team	University of Southern California[1]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 400 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 200 m backstroke Pan Pacific Championships 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 200 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle

Early years

Benko attended the Stanley Clark School in South Bend, Indiana, for her elementary education. Upon graduating from Stanley Clark, she attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana, where she was "the first swimmer in IHSAA history to sweep two individual events all four years while piling up All-American honors."[3]

Swimming career

At the 2000 Olympics, Benko was a member of the USA's gold-medal-winning 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[4][5] Four years later at the 2004 Olympics, she earned gold swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and silver swimming the heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[6][7]

Acting career

In 2000, Benko played herself in an episode of The Jersey called "Sophomore Year"[8] where Morgan Hudson (played by Courtnee Draper) fights to have girls soccer reinstated after it was canceled, Nick Lighter (played by Michael Galeota) uses a magical jersey by jumping into her body as he wins the race and uses a news crew to promote his cousin's attempt to save girls soccer at the school with a fundraising car wash.

Personal life and management career

In 2005, Benko married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko.[9] She uses her married name professionally.[3] She previously worked for USA Swimming as the national team managing director.[3] In 2017, she became the first woman to lead USA Swimming’s National Team Division.[10][11]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Southern California people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 200 metres freestyle
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle

References

External links

• Lindsay Benko at the U.S. Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-15)
• Lindsay Benko at the International Olympic Committee
• Lindsay Benko at Olympics.com
• Lindsay Benko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Claudia Poll	Women's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (short course) January 26, 2003 – December 10, 2005	Succeeded by Laure Manaudou

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Lindsay Dianne Benko (Elkhart, 29 novembre 1976) è un'ex nuotatrice statunitense. Stile liberista specializzata nei 200 m e nei 400 m (ma capace di vincere anche nel dorso), partecipò a due edizioni dei giochi olimpici.

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