Angel Martino

Angelina Myers Martino (born April 25, 1967), now known as Angel Sims, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Over her career, she won three Olympic gold medals and three bronze medals.[1]

Angel Martino

Personal information
Full name	Angelina Myers Martino
Nickname(s)	"Angel"
National team	United States
Born	(1967-04-25) April 25, 1967 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Americus Blue Tide
College team	Furman University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 100 m butterfly 1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 100 m backstroke 1993 Palma 50 m freestyle 1993 Palma 100 m freestyle 1993 Palma 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1987 Brisbane 200 m medley 1991 Edmonton 100 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×100 m medley 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 1987 Brisbane 100 m butterfly 1991 Edmonton 50 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 50 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m medley

She was born Angelina L. Myers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where both of her parents swam for the Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving team. She grew up in Americus, Georgia. She attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and she swam for the Furman Paladins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. She was formerly married to Mike Martino, whom she met while both were Furman swimmers, and is best known as Angel Martino, her name during the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

In addition to her six Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals and seven Goodwill Games gold medals. She was a captain of the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Swimming team. In 2001 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

Martino is currently the assistant coach of the Baldwin Aqua Dragons swim team in Milledgeville, Georgia, and coaches for the Reynolds Rapids Swim Team in Greensboro, Georgia. She also assists the varsity swim team at Gatewood Schools in Eatonton, Georgia.

She has two sons: Michael Campion Martino, age 22, and Mark Kirtley Martino, age 18.