Beth Riggle is an American Paralympic swimmer and physician.

Biography

Riggle participated in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

in Athens, Greece where she won one gold and one

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

for her competition in 4x100 34 pt medley relay and 100m breaststroke swimming. After graduating Valedictorian from her high school, Riggle retired from swimming in 2005 to pursue other passions. She earned a B.S. with a double major in Microbiology and Genetics and completed her first year of a PharmD before deciding to attend medical school instead. While in medical school, she dabbled in triathlon before injuries forced another retirement. Riggle earned her MD in 2014 and subsequently completed a residency in Triple Board (Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry). She is currently Board Certified in all three specialties with expertise in childhood trauma and systems based care. Riggle is married with one child.

References

Paralympic swimmers for the United States Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics American female breaststroke swimmers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in swimming 21st-century American women S8-classified para swimmers {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub