Melanie Valerio

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Medal record
Melanie Valerio
Women's Swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4x100m Freestyle

Melanie Valerio (born May 7, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American swimmer, who graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and the University of Virginia.

Valerio won a gold medal as a member of the winning 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Valerio races Ironman and is an elite age-group member of the Timex Multisport Team. She often blogs her races and training for Timex.[1]. She has also secured the first ever Cheap Trick custom-built bike (noting Rick Nielsen’s penchant for custom-built guitars). Melanie can be found in numerous women's magazines offering fitness and training tips.