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Plummer Tops Podium in Backstroke, 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 …

Plummer Tops Podium in Backstroke, Video Interview

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Kalisz Wants to Race Lochte on 400 IM World Stage, Video Interview

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Rachel Bootsma Loves Owning Records, Video Interview

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Vollmer & Donahue Post Race Video Interviews

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Maya Dirado Confident after 400 IM Win, Video Interview

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Magnuson Shows Speed, 50 Butterfly Video Interview

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Ryan Lochte Hates 200 Free & Back Double, Video Interview

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The Franklin and Pelton Show, 200 Back Video Interview

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Clary Felt Terrible in 200 Back, Video Interview

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Cordes Says He is a Meters Swimmer, Video Interview

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Larson Wants to Do More for Team USA, 200 Breast Video Interview

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Dwyer Says He Will Swim Faster at Worlds, 200 Free Video Interview

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Ledecky: Distance Doesn’t Matter, 200 Free Video Interview

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Ervin Happy with 100 Free Speed, Should Translate for 50, Video Interview

Men’s 100 freestyle at the 2013 World Championship Trials as reported by swimswam: An exciting 100 freestyle final was won…

Nathan Adrian Wanted a 47, Video Interview

Men’s 100 freestyle at the 2013 World Championship Trials as reported by swimswam: An exciting 100 freestyle final was won…