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The Andrew Gemmell Swimming Photo Vault

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 …

The Andrew Gemmell Swimming Photo Vault

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

The Connor Jaeger Swimming Photo Vault

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, the swim pictures

National Letter of Intent Photo Vault: Dynamo and SwimMAC

Swim Photo Credit: DSC

5-time London Olympic Medalist, Coutts, Finally Lands Major Endorsement

Swim News: “In London, Coutts won gold in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, three silver medals in the 200 individual medley, 4×200 freestyle relay and the 4×100 medley relay, and a bronze in the 100 butterfly.” (Swim Photo Credit: SPR)

The Ed Moses Swimming Photo Vault

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The Kevin Cordes Swimming Photo Vault

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

The Chase Kalisz Swimming Photo

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The Ariana Kukors Swimming Photo Vault

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

Anthony Ervin preps for The Golden Goggle Awards w/ Eve & Candace

Swim Photo Credit: Eve and Candace

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The Olivia Smoliga Swimming Photo Vault

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

Lochte and his Dog, Carter, Make People’s Sexiest Man Alive Issue

Swim Photo Credit: PM

NLI Signing Photo Vault: Baylor School and Nitro Swimming

Swim Photo Credit: Coach Dan Flack at the Baylor School and Coach Tim O’Brien at Nirto Swimming.

NLI Photo Vault, Duderstadt, Greene, DesCombes

Swim Photo Credit: NLI

Nathan Adrian Makes The Salvation Army His Charity for Christmas

Swim News: “I was first introduced to The Salvation Army thanks to my parents, who have been involved with them for a number of years in my hometown,” Adrian said. (Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning)