Biography anita nall swimmer

American swimmer

Nadia Anita Louise Nall (born July 21, 1976), also known by her married name Anita Nall-Richesson, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

As a 16-year-old at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Nall won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, a silver medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke, and a bronze in the women's 200-meter breaststroke.^[1] Earlier that year, she broke the world record in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, as a 15-year-old at the U.S.

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Early years

Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1976, Nall is named after record-setting gymnast Nadia Comăneci, who competed that year in the 1976 Summer Olympics as a 14-year-old.^[5] As a girl, Nall moved with her family to Towson, Maryland.

She trained in the late 1980s and early 1990s at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, the same place where anot