17 Facts About Melanie Margalis

Melanie Margalis won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Melanie Margalis graduated from Countryside High School, where she was a club swimmer for Saint Petersburg Aquatics.

For four years in a row, Melanie Margalis was named her teams' MVP.

Melanie Margalis helped the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving women's team at the University of Georgia win the NCAA Division I women's team title in 2013 and again in 2014.

Melanie Margalis won gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay as a member of the preliminary team and bronze in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Melanie Margalis won a bronze in the 200-meter IM and finished sixth in the 100-meter IM.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Melanie Margalis won the gold medal with the US women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team.

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships Melanie Margalis had a strong swim in the 200-meter IM, but could not hold off the final 50 surge of US teammate Madisyn Cox, and finished fourth.

Mallory Comerford and Melanie Margalis took over the middle legs of the relay as they battled down the stretch with China and Russia.

At the 2017 Winter Nationals Championships Melanie Margalis had a busy weekend as she competed in five individual events and managed to grab three individual titles.

Melanie Margalis broke the Championship Record in the 200-yard IM with the time of 1:52.63 and finished first in 400-yard IM and 100-yard breaststroke.

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Melanie Margalis secured a silver medal in the 400-meter IM with a time of 4:35.60.

At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships Melanie Margalis earned the silver medal in the 400-meter IM, turning in a career-best time of 4:25.84 in the event finals.

Melanie Margalis was runner-up in the 200-meter IM and finished fourth in the 100-meter IM, clocking a 58.32, just.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Melanie Margalis placed 4th in the final in a time of 2:08.91.

Melanie Margalis was hired as assistant coach at SMU in 2023.

Melanie Margalis is married to swimmer Nic Fink, who won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.