Stephanie Nesbitt (born 10 August 1985) is a Canadian-born American competitor in

synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...

. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, in the team competition.

Personal life

Nesbitt was born in Toronto, Canada, on 10 August 1985. Stephanie's mother is synchronized swimming champion and coach

Sue Baross Nesbitt Sue Baross Nesbitt, (born 1954) is an American synchronized swimming champion and international coach. She is currently the head coach with the Riverside Aquettes in Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of River ...

. Her younger sister is Barbara Nesbitt, who is also a synchronized swimmer and trainer.

Career

Stephanie began swimming with the Riverside AQuettes in Riverside, CA, as a child. In 1994, she took first place in the Junior National Duet Champion with fellow Riverside AQuettes team member

Courtenay Stewart Courtenay Stewart (born January 17, 1985) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer, who won the silver medal in the women's duet at the 2003 Pan American Games alongside partner Fanny Létourneau. Early life and education Courtenay Stewart was ...

. In 2002, she placed second in the duet competition with Sara Lowe at the VIII Junior World Championships in Montreal, and was a member of the USA Team that came in 3rd place at the X FINA World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland. She was a member of the USA Team that placed 3rd overall and in Free Routine Combination at the X World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003, before she went on to participate with the team that took first at the XIV Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At the XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, she was part of Team USA, which took the bronze. Along with the rest of the U.S. 2004 Olympic Team for Synchronized Swimming, Stephanie was a U.S.S.S. Athlete of the Year, a U.S.O.C. Sportswoman of the Year, and nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award.Bean, Dawn Pawson Bean. Synchronized Swimming: An American History. McFarland Company Inc. Publishers, Jefferson (North Carolina, USA), 2005.

References

1985 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming American synchronized swimmers Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Toronto Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub