Julie Ertel

Julie Ertel, born Julie Swail on 27 December 1972 in Anaheim, California, is an American athlete who competed at the Olympic Games in two different sports. She first made her name in water polo, graduating from the University of California San Diego and captaining the United States women's team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She then switched to triathlon and finished 19th in the women's Olympic distance race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which makes her the only athlete to have competed at the Olympics in both triathlon and water polo. She also won the triathlon gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and was the United States champion that year. After competing she turned to coaching and teaching, working with water polo programmes at the University of California, Irvine.