Annette Salmeen

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| fullname = Annette Elizabeth Salmeen

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| strokes = Butterfly, freestyle

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| collegeteam = University of California, Los Angeles

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 7, 1974){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/annette-salmeen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/annette-salmeen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=Annette Salmeen|work=SR/Olympic Sports|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=December 25, 2009}} is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-26-sp-joseph26-story.html|title=He takes Rhodes detour |last=Foster|first=Chris |date=April 26, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 25, 2009}} and became a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/1997/6/9/annette-salmeen/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120073137/http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/1997/6/9/annette-salmeen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 20, 2013|title=Annette Salmeen|date=June 9, 1997|publisher=Daily Bruin|access-date=December 25, 2009}}

Swimming career

She was a competitive swimmer by the age of 9, and became a standout swimmer at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she was co-captain of the girls' swimming team for two years.{{cite web|url=http://huron2.aaps.k12.mi.us/halloffame/halloffame/asalmeen.html |title=River Rat Hall of Fame - ANNETTE SALMEEN |access-date=2009-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129050514/http://huron2.aaps.k12.mi.us/halloffame/halloffame/asalmeen.html |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |df=mdy }} Huron High School, River Rat Hall of Fame, accessed December 18, 2009 While at Huron, Salmeen was three-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle, and once in the 100-yard butterfly. Salmeen went on to swim at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a co-captain, four-time All-American, and an NCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly.{{cite web|url=http://www.annarborswimclub.org/contribute/50_Split_February2006.htm#Annette |title=50_Split_February2006 |access-date=2009-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705061309/http://www.annarborswimclub.org/contribute/50_Split_February2006.htm |archive-date=July 5, 2007 |df=mdy }} Ann Arbor Swim Club profile She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly[http://universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/results/res_sw/e/sw01221/sw15.html Summer Universiade Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113956/http://universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/results/res_sw/e/sw01221/sw15.html |date=July 18, 2011 }}. Retrieved December 18, 2009. at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan. Salmeen qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a gold medal for swimming for the U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In individual competition at the Olympics, she finished 4th in the B Final (12th overall) in the women's 200-meter butterfly.{{cite web|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/100306aab.html |title=Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame - UCLA Official Athletic Site |access-date=2009-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170633/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/100306aab.html |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |df=mdy }} UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame

Rhodes Scholarship

Salmeen graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Doctorate of Philosophy (D. Phil.) in biochemistry at Oxford University.{{cite web|url=http://chemistry.ctrl.ucla.edu/news/item?item_id%3D7413 |title=Annette Salmeen to be Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame |access-date=2014-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813121950/http://chemistry.ctrl.ucla.edu/news/item?item_id=7413 |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |df=mdy }} UCLA Chemistry Department profile During her four years at St John's College, Oxford,{{cite web|title=Oxonian Olympians |publisher=University of Oxford |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |access-date=August 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |archive-date=September 20, 2012 }} she was a member of the Oxford University Swimming Club, where she set three long-course records and six on the short-course.

Stanford University

She earned her doctorate in 2001, and returned to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.[http://collegeswimming.com/news/2005/mar/8/ucla-grad-salmeen-selected-for-usada-board/] UCLA Grad Salmeen Selected for USADA Board, March 8, 2005 In 2005, she was named to the board of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and again came back to Stanford University in 2022 where she teaches and is a course coordinator in the Human Biology programme.[http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/instructor/asalmeen Annette Salmeen], Stanford University 2014-2015" She also teaches Health, Biology and Big Data at Stanford University.{{Cite web |title=Annette Salmeen |url=https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-spotlight/annette-salmeen/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=St John's College |language=en}}