Wendy Weinberg (now Wendy Weinberg Weil; born June 27, 1958) is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist.

Swimming career

At the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, she won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, as well as in the women's 200 m butterfly and the women's 400 m medley. She won a total of four gold medals in the 1973 Maccabiah Games. In 1975, she established an American record in the 200-meter

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, swimming it in 2:18.2 at the West German Bremen Swimfest. That year she also won a gold medal and set a new Pan American Games record in Mexico City in the 800-meter freestyle, winning it in 9:05.47. She swam for the

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on a swimming scholarship, where she was an All American.Wendy Weinberg Weil – Swim Across America
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, and earned an MS at UNC Chapel Hill, and a Graduate Certificate in Physical Therapy from

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. One year after graduating from the Friends School of Baltimore, Weinberg represented the United States at the

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in Montreal, Quebec. She won a bronze medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle for placing third (8:42.60), following East German Petra Thumer (8:37.14), and American teammate

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(8:37.59). At the

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(the "Jewish Olympics") in Israel, Weinberg – who is Jewish – won six gold medals and two silver medals. Among her golds was a win in the 200 m freestyle (in 2:08.96), the 200 m butterfly, the 400 m freestyle, the 800 m freestyle,and a win in the 4×100-meter medley relay team which she was captain of (in 4:10.09). Her silver medals were in the 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly.

Later life

She is a certified athletic trainer, and has a graduate certificate in physical therapy, which has been her primary career. A broken leg and shoulder injuries during her college years diversified her athletic pursuits to include raquetball, tennis, kayaking, and cycling.Worked as physical therapist in "Where are they Now", ''The Palm Beach Post'', Palm Beach, Florida, pg. 42, 4 July 2004

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Swimming career

Later life

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