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Coach Schmitz Explains How Franklin Performs in Post Olympic Year, Video Interview

Full Name:	Mel Monroe Stewart
Nickname(s):	Gold Medal Mel, Mel
Born:	November 16th, 1968
	Gastonia, North Carolina
Nationality:	United States
Status:	Retired

MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, and USA Swimming. Mel has also worked as an Olympic analyst for ABC, NBC, EPSN, FOX SPORTS and TBS. Mel Stewart is a co-founder of SwimSwam.com where he manages all advertising partnerships. At SwimSwam.com, Mel hosts Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com, a video series featuring the world’s fastest swimmers and Olympic medalists. See all Gold Medal Minute espisodes here. LITTLE GOLD MEDAL MELVIN As a child Mel was known as Little Melvin. Mel lived in Gastonia, North Carolina, unitl the age of 7. His father, Big Melvin, and mother, Myra Stewart, moved the family 40 miles east to Charlotte, North Carolina after getting jobs working for Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of the PTL Club, a Christian ministry and television talk show. Mel's mother coached his sister, Kim Stewart, and he in a swimming pool directly under Jim Bakker's television studio. Mel attributes his resistant to butterfly pain to his mother's daily workouts which included 50 …

Coach Schmitz Explains How Franklin Performs in Post Olympic Year, Video Interview

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Olympic Champion Grevers Needs More Rest, Video Interview

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Ledecky Dominates Distance Freestyle, Video Interview

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Jaeger Rips 3:45 400 Free for National Title, Video Interview

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Lynch Breaks Michael Phelps Records, Video Interview

Lynch broke Michael Phelps’ 15-16 100 fly record with a 52.75. Lynch also holds the 13-14 NAG record in the 100 fly, 54.80, another record that was held by Phelps. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Nic Fink World Trials Breakout Swimmer, Video Interview

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Murphy Barely Misses US Worlds Team, Will Be Back to Fight Another Day, Video Interview

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Kevin Cordes wins 100 Breaststroke, Video Interview

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Missy Franklin and Liz Pelton Celebrate US Backstroke Power, Video Interview

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Adam Mania, Swimming’s Favorite Swimmer, Video Interview

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Breeja Larson Owns Breaststroke, Video Interview

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US World Trials GoPro Video Walk Through, Featuring Rowdy Gaines Masters Swim Practice

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Lochte Can’t Sprint, Fakes It, Video Interview

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Grevers Wants 51 Second 100 Back, but Not This Year, Video Interview

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Godsoe Butterfly Ready for World Stage, Video Interview

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