Sheila Taormina

Sheila Taormina (born March 18, 1969 in Livonia, Michigan) is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics (1996-2008) in 3 different sports (swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon). At the 1996 Olympics, she earned a gold medal as a member of the USA's winning women's 4×200 meter freestyle relay team. While swimming collegiately for the Georgia Bulldogs, Taormina earned a BBA in 1992 and an MBA in 1994 from the Un... more

Sheila Taormina (born March 18, 1969 in Livonia, Michigan) is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics (1996-2008) in 3 different sports (swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon). At the 1996 Olympics, she earned a gold medal as a member of the USA's winning women's 4×200 meter freestyle relay team. While swimming collegiately for the Georgia Bulldogs, Taormina earned a BBA in 1992 and an MBA in 1994 from the University of Georgia. She captained Georgia's 1991 team, won All-America honors all four years of her collegiate career and won the Southeastern Conference 400-meter individual medley as senior. She was the first UGA swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal and the first UGA athlete to make the Olympic team in multiple sports Taormina competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took sixth place with a total time of 2:02:45.91. Her split times were 19:02.78 for the swim, 1:06:24.30 for the cycling, and 0:37:18.83 for the... less