Margaret Hoelzer

Margaret Hoelzer, born Margaret Josephine Hoelzer on 30 March 1983, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medallist and former world record holder who grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. She swam for Huntsville High School and Auburn University, where she was a six-time NCAA champion, an SEC and NCAA record holder and a 22-time All-American. She swam at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she placed fifth, and at the 2008 Olympic Games. She was a five-time member of the national A team between 2002 and 2006 and, according to SwimSwam magazine, is considered one of the top 10 women swimmers who did not win an Olympic gold medal. Her grandfather Helmut Hoelzer invented the first fully electronic analog computer.