Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Benko 
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| Surname: | Lindsay Benko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | November 29, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Elkhart , Indiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 185 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lindsay Benko (born November 29, 1976 in Elkhart , Indiana ) is a former American swimmer and two-time Olympic champion .
Career
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , she won the gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle with the US swimming relay. Four years later at the Summer Olympics in Athens , she was able to repeat the success in the 4 × 200 m freestyle with the relay and also win the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle.
At the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona , she won three medals (two golds and one silver) and was able to improve the US record in the 200 m freestyle.
Benko graduated from the University of Southern California and won numerous NCAA degrees in college sports. She married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko in 2005 .
Web links
- Lindsay Benko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at usaswimming.org
Olympic champions in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay1996: Jackson , Teuscher , Taormina , Thompson ( USA ) | 2000: Arsenault , Munz , Benko , Thompson ( USA ) | 2004: Coughlin , Piper , Vollmer , Sandeno ( USA ) | 2008: Rice , Barratt , Palmer , Mackenzie ( AUS ) | 2012: Franklin , Vollmer , Vreeland , Schmitt ( USA ) | 2016: Schmitt , Smith , DiRado , Ledecky ( USA ) 
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| SURNAME | Benko, Lindsay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elkhart , Indiana , United States |