Gold Medal Mel Stewart, Author at SwimSwam

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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 …

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In College

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In Training

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In Video

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In Lifestyle

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2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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Let’s Run The Numbers: Since 2002, Which World Records Have Improved The Most?

Texas Men Now Have the 2nd-Most NCAA D1 Swimming Event Titles

Can Fans Expect A Close Team Race In The NCAA Championships In The Future?

SEC Champion Andrew Taylor Will Transfer To ASU After Landing In The Portal Due To Roster Cuts

UW-Green Bay Gets New $65,000 Video Board, Other Renovations, Years After Near-Elimination

Llew Ladomirak Commits To NYU With NCAA DIII Scoring Potential In Freestyle Events

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13 Best Swim Caps for Long Hair, Kids, and Competitive Swimmers

The 12 Best Swim Snorkels in 2025: Reviewed by SwimSwam

Best Earplugs for Swimmers To Keep the Water Out

The Best Women’s Swim Training and Lap Swimsuits

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

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9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

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Swim Across America Grants $900,000 Toward First-of-Its-Kind Gene Editing Innovation

Shouts From The Stands: An Open Letter To USA Diving

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