Melanie Valerio Swimmer
Melanie Valerio, born May 7, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is a United States 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. http://teamtimex. timexblogs. com/author/melanie-valerio. She has also secured the first ever Cheap Trick custom-built bike. Melanie can be found in women's magazines offering fitness and training tips.