Michelle Griglione

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Michelle Griglione
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Full nameMichelle Griglione
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born1969 (age 5455)
Alexandria, Virginia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, medley
College team Stanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Madrid 400 m medley
Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Tokyo 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Tokyo 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Tokyo 200 m medley
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 200 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 200 m butterfly

Michelle Griglione (born c. 1969) [1] is an American former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain. [2] She barely missed Olympic qualifications in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, [3] [4] finishing in third-fourth places, but she won five medals at the Pan American Games and Pan Pacific championships in 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1995. [1]

Her father, John, was an All-America football player at Iowa State. She studied at T.C. Williams High School [4] and Stanford University, graduating in 1991. She then obtained a degree in chemical engineering at the University of Florida and for five years did computer simulations at Agere Systems. She is married to Robert Baker; they have a daughter, Penelope (born c. 2003), and live in Orlando. [1]

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