1. Melvin Stewart is the co-founder and publisher of the swimming news website, SwimSwam, and a producer-director of commercials through his company, Gold Medal Media.
12 Facts About Melvin Stewart
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Melvin Stewart began swimming competitively at the Johnston Memorial YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Melvin Stewart attended Fort Mill High School until partway through his junior year at the school.
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Melvin Stewart placed fifth in the men's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:59.19.
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The 1988 Olympics were the first Olympic Games Melvin Stewart competed in, qualifying for the event when he was 20 years old.
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At the 1987,1989, and 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Melvin Stewart won gold in the 200-meter butterfly.
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At the 1991 World Championships in Perth, Melvin Stewart won gold in the 200-meter butterfly, and set the world record with a time of 1:55.69.
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Melvin Stewart won the 200-meter butterfly in an Olympic record time of 1:56.26.
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When Melvin Stewart did not qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics at the US Olympic Trials, he still attended the Olympic Games, this time as an analyst for ABC instead of as a swimmer.
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Melvin Stewart spent the next decade doing contract work writing screenplays.
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In 2006, Melvin Stewart joined a team launching a new swimming news website through USA Swimming named SwimNetwork.
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Melvin Stewart's focus was bringing people to the website and managing the flow of traffic for the website.