Melvin Stewart

Melvin Monroe Stewart Jr. (born November 16, 1968) is an American swimming promoter, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Melvin Stewart
Stewart in 2009
Personal information
Full nameMelvin Monroe Stewart Jr.
Nickname(s)"Mel"
National teamUnited States
Born (1968-11-16) November 16, 1968
Gastonia, North Carolina
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight183 lb (83 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
College teamUniversity of Tennessee

Career

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Stewart placed fifth in the men's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:59.19.[1] Following Seoul, Stewart began dominating the event. At the 1987, 1989, and 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Stewart won gold in the 200-meter butterfly. At the 1991 World Championships in Perth, Stewart won gold in the 200-meter butterfly, and set the world record with a time of 1:55.69.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Stewart won the 200-meter butterfly in an Olympic record time of 1:56.26.[2] Stewart also won gold in the 4×100-meter medley relay by swimming in the prelims, and a bronze in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[3][4]

Stewart is the co-founder and publisher of the swimming news website, SwimSwam, and a producer-director of commercials through his company, Gold Medal Media, LLC. In addition, he is currently an ambassador to the United States Swimming Foundation. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Tiffany, and their daughter Bayley.

See also

References
  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, Men's 200 metres Butterfly Final Standings. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games, Men's 200 metres Butterfly Final Standings. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games, Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay Final Standings. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  4. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final Standings. Retrieved February 16, 2015.


Records
Preceded by

Michael Gross		 Men's 200-meter butterfly
world record-holder (long course)
January 12, 1991 – June 14, 1995		 Succeeded by

Denis Pankratov


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