Whitney Metzler

{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1978)}}

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| strokes = Freestyle, individual medley

| club = North Baltimore Aquatic Club

| collegeteam = University of Florida

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Whitney Beth Metzler (born April 19, 1978) is an American former competition swimmer.

Metzler grew up in York, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |last1=McClure |first1=Jim |title=Olympian/lawyer Whitney Metzler comes home to York County |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/07/01/olympian/31644163/ |website=York Daily Record |publisher=York Daily Record |access-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202110558/https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/07/01/olympian/31644163/ |archive-date=2 February 2024 |url-status=live}} She followed her older sister Staci into swimming for the York YWCA, Sonship Aquatics, and ultimately, to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.Maryland Swimming, Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame, [http://www.mdswim.org/Left_Nav/Maryland_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame/Whitney_Metzler.htm Whitney Metzler]. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

Metzler represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/whitney-metzler-1.html Whitney Metzler]. Retrieved November 4, 2012. She competed in the women's 400-meter individual medley, advanced to the event final, and finished eighth overall with a time of 4:46.20.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-400-metres-individual-medley-final.html Women's 400 metres Individual Medley Final]. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

Metzler attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1996 to 1998. She was recognized as the Gators' outstanding freshman, and later, as an All-American for her performance as a member of the Gators' 4×200-yard freestyle relay team in 1997. Her college swimming career was cut short after two years by a shoulder injury. She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 1999.

Metzler later graduated the Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York. She worked as an attorney for the Greenberg Traurig law firm from 2005 to 2008. She is licensed as an attorney in New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. She worked as an attorney for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2010 to 2021, writing that state's medical marijuana law, among other health care advancements. She is now the Chief Compliance Officer of Insa, a medical and adult use cannabis company.

She was inducted into the Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001. She has three sons and two daughters.