Amy Lee White (born October 20, 1968), later known by her married name Amy Ballidis, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as a 15-year-old at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[1] She received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter backstroke, finishing with a time of 2:13.04, behind Dutch swimmer Jolanda de Rover.[1][2]
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Full name | Amy Lee White | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Redondo Beach, California, U.S. | October 20, 1968|||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Southern Methodist University | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Amy White. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Women's 200 metres backstroke. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Amy White.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amy White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.