Melissa Belote

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Melissa Belote

Personal information
Full name	Melissa Louise Belote
Nationality	United States
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
Date of birth	October 16, 1956 (1956-10-16) (age 53)
Place of birth	Washington
Medal record Women’s swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 1972 Munich 100 m backstroke Gold 1972 Munich 200 m backstroke Gold 1972 Munich 4x100 m medley relay World Championships Gold 1973 Belgrad 200 m backstroke Silver 1973 Belgrad 100 m backstroke Silver 1973 Belgrad 4x100 m medley relay

Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956 in Washington, D.C.) is an Olympic and former World Record holding backstroke swimmer from the United States. She swam for her native country at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.

At 15-years-old at the '72 Games, she won three gold medals; one of these came in the 100m backstroke where Belote defeated her American teammate and record holder Susan Atwood. In the 200m Backstroke, Belote set a World Record (2:19.19), and would go on to hold the World Record from 1972-74.

She retired from the sport in 1979. Four years later she was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[1]

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