Michelle Griglione
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| Full name | Michelle Griglione | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Alexandria, Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michelle Griglione (born c. 1969)[1] is an American former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.[2] She barely missed Olympic qualifications in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996,[3][4] finishing in third-fourth places, but she won five medals at the Pan American Games and Pan Pacific championships in 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1995.[1]
Her father, John, was an All-America football player at Iowa State. She studied at T.C. Williams High School[4] and Stanford University, graduating in 1991. She then obtained a degree in chemical engineering at the University of Florida and for five years did computer simulations at Agere Systems. She is married to Robert Baker; they have a daughter, Penelope (born c. 2003), and live in Orlando.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rich Sanders (August 17, 2006). #52 Michelle Griglione, T.C. Williams Swimming, 1986 Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today. Alexandria Gazette Parket
- ^ Michelle GRIGLIONE. les-sports.info
- ^ Griglione Fails to Qualify for Olympics; Gives Up Competitive Swimming After 4th in 200-Meter Butterfly. The Washington Post (March 7, 1992).
- ^ a b Don Markus (March 6, 1996). On the last lap Fourth Olympic bid: At 26, Michelle Griglione looks to put an exclamation point on her swimming career by making the Olympics. Baltimore Sun
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