| 词条 | Melissa Belote |
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| name = Melissa Belote | image = Melissa Belote c1972.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Belote c. 1972 | fullname = Melissa Louise Belote | nicknames = | national_team = United States | strokes = Backstroke | club = Solotar Swim Club; Springfield Swim and Racquet Club | collegeteam = Arizona State University | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|132|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | 100 m backstroke}}{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | 200 m backstroke}}{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | 4x100 m medley relay}}{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}{{MedalGold | 1973 Belgrade | 200 m backstroke}}{{MedalSilver | 1973 Belgrade | 100 m backstroke}}{{MedalSilver | 1973 Belgrade | 4x100 m medley relay}} }}Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956), also known by her current married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. She represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.[1] CareerBelote was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Springfield, Virginia, was a member of the Springfield Swim and Racquet Club, and attended Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia.[2] At 15 years old, she won three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. In the women's 100-meter backstroke, Belote defeated her American teammate and world-record holder Susie Atwood. In the women's 200-meter backstroke, Belote set a new world record of 2:19.19. She won a third gold medal by swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. She and her teammates Cathy Carr (breaststroke), Deena Deardurff (butterfly), and Sandy Neilson (freestyle) set a new world record of 4:20.75 in the relay final.[1] She attended Arizona State University, where she swam for the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team in Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) competition. She received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1976–77.[3] She retired from the sport in 1979, and was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1983.[4] She was also inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[5] She currently coaches swimming and diving at McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona, and also coaches the Rio Salado Swim Team. See also
References{{Commons category|Melissa Belote}}1. ^1 [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/melissa-belote-1.html Melissa Belote]. Sports-Reference.com 2. ^Clay Shampoe, The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Acadia Publishing, Chicago, Illinois, p. 99 (2005). {{ISBN|978-0-7385-1776-6}}. 3. ^Collegiate Women Sports Awards, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 4, 2014. 4. ^International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Melissa Belote (USA). Retrieved October 21, 2012. 5. ^Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Inductees, Melissa Ripley. Retrieved November 16, 2014. {{S-start}}{{S-ach|rec}}{{Succession box | before = Susie Atwood | title = Women's 200-meter backstroke world record-holder (long course) | years = August 5, 1972 – July 7, 1974 | after = Ulrike Richter }}{{S-end}} {{Footer USA Swimming 1972 Summer Olympics}}{{Footer USA Swimming 1976 Summer Olympics}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 100 m Backstroke Women}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Backstroke Women}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Medley Relay Women}}{{Footer World LC Champions 200m Backstroke Women}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Belote, Melissa}} 13 : 1956 births|Living people|American female backstroke swimmers|Arizona State Sun Devils women's swimmers|Former world record holders in swimming|International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees|Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming|Olympic swimmers of the United States|Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.|Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics|World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming |
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