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

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. Metzler grew up in

York, Pennsylvania York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...

. She followed her older sister Staci into swimming for the York YWCA, Sonship Aquatics, and ultimately, to the

North Baltimore Aquatic Club The North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) is a swim club based in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1968, it continues to offer training for young swimmers. It is best known for developing a dozen Olympic swimmers, six of whom earned gold m ...

.Maryland Swimming, Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame
Whitney Metzler
Retrieved November 4, 2012. Metzler represented the United States at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, Georgia.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
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
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley Final
Retrieved November 4, 2012. Metzler attended the

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, where she swam for the

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team in

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(NCAA) and

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(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 The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is the law school of Pace University located in White Plains, New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA) accredited it in 1978. Pace has a top-ranked Envir ...

in White Plains, New York. She worked as an attorney for the

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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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metzler, Whitney 1978 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers American female medley swimmers Florida Gators women's swimmers Olympic swimmers of the United States Pennsylvania lawyers Sportspeople from York, Pennsylvania Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century American women

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