Wendy Weinberg

Wendy Weinberg Weil (née Weinberg; born June 27, 1958) is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist.^[1]

Wendy Weinberg Weil

Personal information
Birth name	Wendy Weinberg
National team	United States
Born	(1958-06-27) June 27, 1958 (age 66) Baltimore, Maryland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Homewood Aquatics Club
College team	University of Virginia University of North Carolina
Coach	Frank Comfort Homewood Aquatic, UNC
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 800 m freestyle Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 800 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia 400 m freestyle Maccabiah Games 1973 Ramat Gan 800 m freestyle 1977 Ramat Gan 200 m butterfly 1977 Ramat Gan 200 m freestyle 1977 Ramat Gan 4×100 m medley 1977 Ramat Gan 100 m freestyle

Swimming career

1973 Maccabiah Games

At the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, she won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, as well as in the women's 200 m butterfly and the women's 400 m medley.^[2][3][4] She won a total of four gold medals in the 1973 Maccabiah Games.^[5][6]

1973 Pan American Games

In 1975, she established an American record in the 200-meter butterfly, swimming it in 2:18.2 at the West German Bremen Swimfest.^[1] That year she also won a gold medal and set a new Pan American Games record in Mexico City in the 800-meter freestyle, winning it in 9:05.47.^[1]

In Baltimore, she swam for winning coach Frank Comfort's Homewood AAU Swim Club, and later swam with Comfort at the University of North Carolina.^[7]

She swam for the University of Virginia on a swimming scholarship, where she was an All American.^{[8][9][10][11]} She transferred to the University of North Carolina, and earned an MS at UNC Chapel Hill, and a Graduate Certificate in Physical Therapy from Emory University.^[11][8]

1976 Olympic Bronze medal, 800m freestyle

One year after graduating from the Friends School of Baltimore,^[12] Weinberg represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She won a bronze medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle for placing third (8:42.60), following East German Petra Thumer (8:37.14), and American teammate Shirley Babashoff (8:37.59).^[1][13]

1977 Maccabiah games

At the 1977 Maccabiah Games (the "Jewish Olympics") in Israel, Weinberg – who is Jewish^{[1][13][14][15]} – won six gold medals and two silver medals.^[16][17][18] Among her golds was a win in the 200 m freestyle (in 2:08.96), the 200 m butterfly, the 400 m freestyle, the 800 m freestyle,and a win in the 4×100-meter medley relay team which she was captain of (in 4:10.09).^{[19][20][17][21][22]} Her silver medals were in the 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly.^[22][23][24]

Later life

She is a certified athletic trainer, and has a graduate certificate in physical therapy, which has been her primary career. A broken leg and shoulder injuries during her college years diversified her athletic pursuits to include racquetball, tennis, kayaking, and cycling.^[25][26] She practises as a physical therapist under her married name, Wendy Weil.^[27]

See also

• Biography portal
• Olympics portal

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of select Jewish swimmers
• List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
• List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
• List of University of Virginia people

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