Lindsay Benko

Lindsay Benko

Personal information
Full name	Lindsay Dianne Benko
National team	United States
Born	November 29, 1976 Elkhart, Indiana
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	163 lb (74 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Trojan Swim Club
College team	University of Southern California[1]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 400 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 200 m backstroke Pan Pacific Championships 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 200 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle

Lindsay Dianne Benko (born November 29, 1976), also known by her married name as Lindsay Mintenko, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She held the short-course world record in the 400-meter freestyle (at 3:59.53) for nearly three years from January 2003 to December 2005.^[2]

At the 2000 Olympics, she was a member of the USA's gold-medal-winning 4×200-meter freestyle relay.^[3][4] Four years later, at the 2004 Olympics, she earned gold swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and silver swimming the heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.^[5][6]

In 2005, she married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko.^[7] She works for USA Swimming as the national team managing director and uses her married name professionally.^[8]

Early years

Benko attended the Stanley Clark School in South Bend, Indiana, for her elementary education. Upon graduating from Stanley Clark, she attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana.^[8]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Southern California people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 200 metres freestyle
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle

References

1. Lindsay Benko, Paige Francis named Swimming assistant coaches. Published by the Pac-10 Conference on 2005-07-06, retrieved 2012-03-27.
2. Women's 400 Free results (finals) from the 2003-04 World Cup meet in Berlin. Published by Omega Timing on 2003-01-26, retrieved 2012-03-27.
3. "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 2009-03-14.
4. Benko's entry from sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
5. "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
6. "7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
7. Canadian champion Mike Mintenko retires. Published by SwimNews on 2005-11-11, retrieved 2012-03-27.
8. Anderson, Anthony (10 August 2008). "Local Sports: Lindsay Mintenko enjoys new Olympic role". The Elkhart Truth. Retrieved 21 October 2015. In high school for Elkhart Central, she was the first swimmer in IHSAA history to sweep two individual events all four years while piling up All-American honors.