Aimee Bruder (born August 3, 1974 in

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, Ohio) is an American

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swimmer. She won three bronze medals at

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for 100 m, 200 m and 4x50

freestyle swimming Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most commo ...

. Four years later she won a silver medal in the Sydney Paralympic Games for 4x50 freestyle and eight years later she was awarded another bronze medal at the

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for another 100 metre freestyle swim. In March 2002 she received two silver medals for 4x50 freestyle and

medley swimming Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual ...

at the

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