Marybeth Linzmeier Dorst (born July 24, 1963), née Marybeth Linzmeier, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the Pan American Games and the World University Games in the early 1980s.

Marybeth Linzmeier
Personal information
Full nameMarybeth Linzmeier Dorst
National team United States
Born (1963-07-24) July 24, 1963 (age 60)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubMission Viejo Nadadores
College teamStanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas 800 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 800 m freestyle

Early life edit

Linzmeier was a star swimmer at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in several swimming events. Due to the United States-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, however, she did not participate in the Olympics.[1]

Collegiate career edit

Linzmeier attended Stanford University, where she won eight individual NCAA titles competing for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team. She was later named to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.[2] Linzmeier missed qualifying for the 1984 U.S. Olympics team by three one-hundredths (0.03) of a second.[1]

After swimming edit

Linzmeier Dorst is a real estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] She and her husband, Christopher Dorst, a silver medalist as a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic water polo team, have three daughters.[1][3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Reid, Scott M. (July 16, 2010). "1980 Olympic profile: Dorst, Linzmeier". Orange County Register. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame". Stanford University. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Marybeth Linzmeier Dorst". Alain Pinel Realtors. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2012.