Melanie Buddemeyer

Melanie Buddemeyer
Personal information
Full name Melanie Buddemeyer
National team  United States
Born 1966
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
College team University of North Carolina

Melanie Buddemeyer (born c. 1966)[1] is an American former competition swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100-meter butterfly event at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[2]

In 1983 she received the Dial Award, which is given to an outstanding female American high-school athlete/scholar of the year.[3] She graduated from the Penn Hills High School in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania (class of 1984) and then from the University of North Carolina (1985–1989).[4] She also won medals in her signature 100-meter butterfly at the 1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and 1985 World University Games.

References

  1. Bill Bell (June 1982). TRACY CAULKINS: SHE'S NO. 1. Swimming World Magazine, p. 53
  2. Melanie BUDDEMEYER. les-sports.info
  3. WPIAL HALL OF FAME AND COURAGE AWARD 2011 INDUCTEES. wpial.org
  4. Karen Kadilak (July 23, 1987). Melanie Buddemeyer rebounds from bad turn at World University Games. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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