Angel Martino

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Angel Martino
Personal information
Full nameAngelina Myers Martino
Nickname"Angel"
National team United States
Born (1967-04-25) April 25, 1967 (age 57)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubAmericus Blue Tide
College teamFurman University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1993 Palma 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1993 Palma 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Palma 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1991 Edmonton 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1987 Brisbane 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1993 Kobe 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m medley

Angelina Myers Martino (born April 25, 1967), now known as Angel Sims, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Over her career, she won three Olympic gold medals and three bronze medals.[1]

She was born Angelina L. Myers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where both of her parents swam for the Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving team. She grew up in Americus, Georgia. She attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and she swam for the Furman Paladins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. She was formerly married to Mike Martino, whom she met while both were Furman swimmers, and is best known as Angel Martino, her name during the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

In addition to her six Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals and seven Goodwill Games gold medals. She was a captain of the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Swimming team. In 2001 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

Martino is currently the assistant coach of the Baldwin Aqua Dragons swim team in Milledgeville, Georgia, and coaches for the Reynolds Rapids Swim Team in Greensboro, Georgia. She also assists the varsity swim team at Gatewood Schools in Eatonton, Georgia.

She has two sons: Michael Campion, aged 15, and Mark, aged 11.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Angel Martino. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Angel Martino" (PDF). Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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