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American swimmer
Lindsay Dianne Benko (born November 29, 1976), also known by her married name as Lindsay Mintenko , is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics . She held the short-course world record in the 400-meter freestyle (at 3:59.53) for nearly three years from January 2003 to December 2005.[2]
Early years
Benko attended the Stanley Clark School in South Bend, Indiana , for her elementary education. Upon graduating from Stanley Clark, she attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana , where she was "the first swimmer in IHSAA history to sweep two individual events all four years while piling up All-American honors."[3]
Swimming career
At the 2000 Olympics, Benko was a member of the USA's gold-medal-winning 4×200-meter freestyle relay .[4] [5] Four years later at the 2004 Olympics , she earned gold swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and silver swimming the heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay .[6] [7]
Acting career
In 2000, Benko played herself in an episode of The Jersey called "Sophomore Year"[8] where Morgan Hudson (played by Courtnee Draper ) fights to have girls soccer reinstated after it was canceled, Nick Lighter (played by Michael Galeota ) uses a magical jersey by jumping into her body as he wins the race and uses a news crew to promote his cousin's attempt to save girls soccer at the school with a fundraising car wash.
Personal life and management career
In 2005, Benko married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko .[9] She uses her married name professionally.[3] She previously worked for USA Swimming as the national team managing director.[3] In 2017, she became the first woman to lead USA Swimming ’s National Team Division.[10] [11]
See also
References
^ Lindsay Benko, Paige Francis named Swimming assistant coaches . Published by the Pac-10 Conference on 2005-07-06, retrieved 2012-03-27.
^ Women's 400 Free results (finals) [permanent dead link ] from the 2003-04 World Cup meet in Berlin. Published by Omega Timing on 2003-01-26, retrieved 2012-03-27.
^ a b c Anderson, Anthony (August 10, 2008). "Local Sports: Lindsay Mintenko enjoys new Olympic role" . The Elkhart Truth . Retrieved October 21, 2015 . In high school for Elkhart Central, she was the first swimmer in IHSAA history to sweep two individual events all four years while piling up All-American honors. [permanent dead link ]
^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming" . Retrieved March 14, 2009 .
^ Benko's entry Archived April 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results" . CNN . Retrieved July 22, 2007 .
^ "7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007 .
^ "The Jersey Season 2 Sophomore Year (via TV.Com)" . Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
^ Canadian champion Mike Mintenko retires . Published by SwimNews on 2005-11-11, retrieved 2012-03-27.
^ Maureen Hassett-Lindsey. "USA Swimming Promotes Lindsay Mintenko to National Team Managing Director Position - Swimming World News" . Swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
^ "Mintenko becomes 1st female to lead US national swim team | Olympics" . pilotonline.com. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
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1996 : Trina Jackson , Cristina Teuscher , Sheila Taormina , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Annette Salmeen , Ashley Whitney (USA )
2000 : Samantha Arsenault , Diana Munz , Lindsay Benko , Jenny Thompson , Julia Stowers , Kim Black (USA )
2004 : Natalie Coughlin , Carly Piper , Dana Vollmer , Kaitlin Sandeno , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Rachel Komisarz (USA )
2008 : Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt , Kylie Palmer , Linda Mackenzie , Felicity Galvez , Angie Bainbridge , Melanie Schlanger , Lara Davenport (AUS )
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2016 : Allison Schmitt , Leah Smith , Maya DiRado , Katie Ledecky , Missy Franklin , Melanie Margalis , Cierra Runge (USA )
2020 : Yang Junxuan , Tang Muhan , Zhang Yufei , Li Bingjie , Dong Jie , Zhang Yifan (CHN )
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1975 : Kornelia Ender , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Ute Brückner (GDR)
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1986 : Kristin Otto , Manuela Stellmach , Sabina Schulze , Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 : Nicole Haislett , Julie Cooper , Whitney Hedgepeth , Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994 : Le Jingyi , Shan Ying , Le Ying , Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 : Lindsay Farella , Amy Van Dyken , Barbara Bedford , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001 : Petra Dallmann , Antje Buschschulte , Katrin Meissner , Sandra Völker (GER)
2003 : Natalie Coughlin , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Jenny Thompson (USA)
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1998 : Franziska van Almsick , Dagmar Hase , Silvia Szalai , Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
2001 : Nicola Jackson , Janine Belton , Karen Legg , Karen Pickering (GBR)
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