Summary
Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (born December 7, 1974)[1] is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar[2] and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]
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| Full name | Annette Elizabeth Salmeen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 7, 1974 Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Swimming career edit
Salmeen was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was a competitive swimmer by the age of 9, and became a standout swimmer at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she was co-captain of the girls' swimming team for two years.[4] While at Huron, Salmeen was three-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle, and once in the 100-yard butterfly.[4] Salmeen went on to swim at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a co-captain, four-time All-American, and an NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly.[5] She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly[6] at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan.[3] Salmeen qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[3] In individual competition at the Olympics, she finished 4th in the B Final (12th overall) in the women's 200-meter butterfly.[7]
Rhodes Scholarship edit
Salmeen graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Doctorate of Philosophy (D. Phil.) in biochemistry at Oxford University.[8] During her four years at St John's College, Oxford,[9] she was a member of the Oxford University Swimming Club, where she set three long-course records and six on the short-course.[5]
Stanford University edit
She earned her doctorate in 2001,[8] and returned to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.[10] In 2005, she was named to the board of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and again came back to Stanford University where she teaches as of 2022.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Annette Salmeen". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ Foster, Chris (April 26, 2008). "He takes Rhodes detour". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Annette Salmeen". Daily Bruin. June 9, 1997. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ a b "River Rat Hall of Fame - ANNETTE SALMEEN". Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-18. Huron High School, River Rat Hall of Fame, accessed December 18, 2009
- ^ a b "50_Split_February2006". Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-18. Ann Arbor Swim Club profile
- ^ Summer Universiade Results Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame - UCLA Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved 2009-12-18. UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
- ^ a b "Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-07. UCLA Chemistry Department profile
- ^ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ [1] UCLA Grad Salmeen Selected for USADA Board, March 8, 2005
- ^ Annette Salmeen, Stanford University 2014-2015"