Whitney Hedgepeth

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Whitney Hedgepeth
Personal information
Full nameWhitney Lynn Hedgepeth
National teamUnited States
Born (1971-03-19) March 19, 1971 (age 53)
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke, medley
ClubTexas Aquatics
College team University of Florida
University of Texas
Coach Randy Reese, Jill Sterkel
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 120
World Championships (LC) 100
Pan Pacific Championships 201
Pan American Games 110
Summer Universiade 211
Total742
Women's Swimming
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 200 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Perth 4x100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Atlanta 200 m backstroke
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 4x200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Buffalo 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Buffalo 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Buffalo 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Buffalo 200 m medley

Whitney Lynn Hedgepeth (born March 19, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Hedgepeth was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. [1] She reached the Olympic level as a swimmer for the Virginia Association for Competitive Swimming (VACS) under coach Dudley Duncan. Many Virginia Swimming LSC Records remain hers, over two decades later.

Hedgepeth initially attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she competed for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in 1989–90. [2] As a Gator swimmer, she won two NCAA national championships: the individual 200-meter freestyle, and as a member of the Gators' winning team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. [2] She received seven All-American honors from her performance at the 1990 NCAA championships. [2] Following her freshman year, she transferred to the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, and finished her NCAA career swimming for coach Jill Sterkel's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team from 1992 to 1994. [3] As a Texas Longhorn swimmer, she won three more NCAA national championships and received another twenty All-American honors, for a career total of twenty-seven. [3]

She competed in the 200-meter individual medley at the 1988 Summer Olympics [4] in Seoul, South Korea, finishing eighth in the final. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Hedgepeth won individual silver medals in the 100-meter backstroke [5] and 200-meter backstroke events, [6] and a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. relay team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay event. [7] [8]

Hedgepeth retired from competition swimming after the Atlanta Games, and became a swimming coach with Longhorn Aquatics in Austin. Since 2005, she was the masters' coach of the Longhorn Aquatics program. In 2013, she was honored as the Speedo U.S. Masters Swimming Coach of the Year.

She was inducted into the University of Texas' Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2007. [9]

In 2010, Hedgepeth was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. [10]

Hedgepeth's daughter, Dakota Luther, swam at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, and placed 15th in the 200 m butterfly.

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References

  1. ↑ "Olympedia – Whitney Hedgepeth". Olympedia. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement Archived May 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 64, 67, 69, 79 (2011). Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  3. 1 2 2009–10 Texas Swimming and Diving Archived February 4, 2013, at archive.today , University of Texas, Austin, Texas, pp. 66, 68–69, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83 (2009). Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, Women's 200 metres Individual Medley". Olympedia. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Olympedia. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Olympedia. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay". Olympedia. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ databaseOlympics, Athletes, Whitney Hedgepeth Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  9. ↑ TexasSports.com, Texas Longhorns Women's Hall of Honor, Whitney Hedgepeth. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  10. ↑ Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees, Whitney Hedgepeth Archived November 20, 2014, at archive.today . Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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