(1969-03-18) March 18, 1969 (age 55) Livonia, Michigan
Height
5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight
119 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
College team
University of Georgia
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
4×200 m freestyle
Universiade
1995 Fukuoka
4×200 m freestyle
1991 Sheffield
400 m medley
Women's triathlon
Representing the United States
ITU World Championships
2004 Madeira
Elite
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo
Elite
Sheila Christine Taormina (born March 18, 1969)[1] is an American former athlete who competed at four Olympics (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in three different sports (swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon).[2] At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She was inducted in 2009 into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame,[3] and in 2015 into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
^"Sheila Taormina". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08.
^Merrill, Elizabeth (August 22, 2008). "Taormina takes solace in knowing she didn't quit on her Olympic dream". ESPN. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^Endurance Planet. "Hall of Fame Podcast: Sheila Taormina". teamusa.org. USA Triathlon. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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