Sheila Taormina
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Women's Swimming | |||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 4 x 200 m Freestyle relay | |
Sheila Christine Taormina (b. March 18, 1969, Livonia, Michigan) is an American athlete, who competes in triathlon and swimming. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Taormina was a member of the gold medal women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay team.
Taormina competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took sixth place with a total time of 2:02:45.91. Her split times were 19:02.78 for the swim, 1:06:24.30 for the cycling, and 0:37:18.83 for the run.
In 2004, Taormina won the ITU World Championship title.
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, Taormina again competed in the triathlon. Her time was 2:09:21.08 as she finished in twenty-third place.
Post-Athens, Taormina embarked on a new sport, modern pentathlon, winning the women's senior division of the 2005 Pan American Championships.
If successful in qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in pentathlon, she would become the first American to compete in the Games in three sports.
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Categories: 1969 births | Living people | American triathletes | Italian-American sportspeople | Olympic swimmers of the United States | People from Livonia, Michigan | Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Triathlon biography stubs
