Full name Lindsay Dianne Benko Club Trojan Swim Club Weight 74 kg Strokes Freestyle, backstroke Height 1.85 m | Sport Swimming Role Swimmer National team United States Name Lindsay Benko | |
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Born November 29, 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-11-29 ) Elkhart, Indiana College team University of Southern California Education Elkhart Central High School, University of Southern California Olympic medals Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Similar People Jenny Thompson, Mike Mintenko, Diana Munz, Samantha Arsenault, Natalie Coughlin | ||
Usa swimming presents swim fast freestyle with lindsay benko and mark schubert p1
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.
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At the 2000 Olympics, she was a member of the USA's gold-medal-winning 4×200-meter freestyle relay. 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.
In 2005, she married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko. She works for USA Swimming as the national team managing director and uses her married name professionally.
Usa swimming presents swim fast freestyle with lindsay benko and mark schubert p2
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.