Melinda Copp

{{short description|Canadian swimmer}}

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| fullname = Melinda Copp

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| national_team = Canada

| strokes = Backstroke

| club = London Aquatic Club

| collegeteam = University of Michigan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = London, Ontario

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| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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Melinda Copp (born July 7, 1962), later known by her married name Melinda Harrison, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada. A native of London, Ontario, she attended the University of Michigan where she was the women's captain of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team.{{cite news|title=Women tankers call the Copp|author=Jim Gindin|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|page=10|date=February 1, 1985|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7wlKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Zx4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597,1068016&dq=melinda+copp&hl=en}}{{cite news|title=Copp named swim captain|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=March 30, 1983|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FgxKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8h0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5500,3688071&dq=melinda+copp&hl=en}} She swam the backstroke and individual medley for Michigan, won four Big Ten Conference championships. She was also selected as an All-American swimmer in four events—the 100-yard backstroke, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard individual medley, and as a member of the 400-yard medley relay team.{{cite book|author1=Bruce Madej |author2=Rob Toonkel |author3=Mike Pearson |author4=Greg Kinney |title=Michigan: Champions of the West|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|year=1997|page=187|isbn=1571671153}}

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she became the first Michigan Wolverines women's varsity swimmer to compete in the Olympics, representing Canada in the 200-meter backstroke.{{cite web|title=Michigan the Olympics 1984 - Los Angeles|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/olymp2/ol1984.htm}} She was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006; she was the first woman swimmer to receive the honor.