Annette Salmeen Explained

Annette Salmeen
Fullname:Annette Elizabeth Salmeen
Collegeteam:University of California, Los Angeles
Birth Date:December 7, 1974
Birth Place:Ann Arbor, Michigan
Height:5feet

Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (born December 7, 1974)[1] is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar[2] and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]

Swimming career

Salmeen was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was a competitive swimmer by the age of 9, and became a standout swimmer at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she was co-captain of the girls' swimming team for two years.[4] While at Huron, Salmeen was three-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle, and once in the 100-yard butterfly.[4] Salmeen went on to swim at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a co-captain, four-time All-American, and an NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly.[5] She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly[6] at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan.[3] Salmeen qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[3] In individual competition at the Olympics, she finished 4th in the B Final (12th overall) in the women's 200-meter butterfly.[7]

Rhodes Scholarship

Salmeen graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Doctorate of Philosophy (D. Phil.) in biochemistry at Oxford University.[8] During her four years at St John's College, Oxford,[9] she was a member of the Oxford University Swimming Club, where she set three long-course records and six on the short-course.[5]

Stanford University

She earned her doctorate in 2001,[8] and returned to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.[10] In 2005, she was named to the board of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and again came back to Stanford University where she teaches as of 2022.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annette Salmeen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/annette-salmeen-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020. SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. December 25, 2009.
  2. Web site: He takes Rhodes detour . Foster. Chris . April 26, 2008. Los Angeles Times. December 25, 2009.
  3. Web site: Annette Salmeen. https://archive.today/20130120073137/http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/1997/6/9/annette-salmeen/. dead. January 20, 2013. June 9, 1997. Daily Bruin. December 25, 2009.
  4. Web site: River Rat Hall of Fame - ANNETTE SALMEEN . 2009-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129050514/http://huron2.aaps.k12.mi.us/halloffame/halloffame/asalmeen.html . January 29, 2010 . mdy . Huron High School, River Rat Hall of Fame, accessed December 18, 2009
  5. Web site: 50_Split_February2006 . 2009-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705061309/http://www.annarborswimclub.org/contribute/50_Split_February2006.htm . July 5, 2007 . mdy . Ann Arbor Swim Club profile
  6. http://universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/results/res_sw/e/sw01221/sw15.html Summer Universiade Results
  7. Web site: Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame - UCLA Official Athletic Site . 2009-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170633/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/100306aab.html . March 8, 2012 . mdy . UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
  8. Web site: Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame . 2014-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813121950/http://chemistry.ctrl.ucla.edu/news/item?item_id=7413 . August 13, 2011 . mdy . UCLA Chemistry Department profile
  9. Web site: Oxonian Olympians . . August 20, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html . September 20, 2012 .
  10. http://collegeswimming.com/news/2005/mar/8/ucla-grad-salmeen-selected-for-usada-board/
  11. http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/instructor/asalmeen Annette Salmeen