Melissa Belote, known by her married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, born on 16 October 1956 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Springfield, Virginia. At only 15 she won three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, beating her teammate Susie Atwood in the 100 metre backstroke, setting a world record of 2:19.19 in the 200 metre backstroke, and swimming the lead-off backstroke leg of the winning 4x100 metre medley relay, which also set a world record. She swam again at the 1976 Olympics, competed for Arizona State University, and received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving as the outstanding college female swimmer of 1976-77. She retired in 1979, entered the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, and later coached swimming and diving in Tempe, Arizona.
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She represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
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She represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
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