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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1971)}}
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| name           = Whitney Hedgepeth
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| fullname       = Whitney Lynn Hedgepeth 
| national_team  = United States
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], U.S.
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| height         = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|141|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[backstroke]], [[medley swimming|medley]]
| club           = Texas Aquatics 
| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]<br>[[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|University of Texas]]
| coach          = [[Randy Reese]], [[Jill Sterkel]]
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{{MedalCount|total=yes|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|1|2|0 
|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]|1|0|0
|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]|2|0|1 
|[[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]|1|1|0
|[[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]|2|1|1
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]}} 
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|1996|Swimming}}|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|1996|Swimming}}| [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|1996|Swimming}}|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]]|[[Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] |[[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]]|[[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]]|[[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] |[[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]]|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]]|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]]|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalBronze|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]]|[[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|200 m medley]]}} 
}}

'''Whitney Lynn Hedgepeth''' (born March 19, 1971) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who won a gold and two silver medals at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].

Hedgepeth was born in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]].<ref name="olympedia1">{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Whitney Hedgepeth |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51053 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref> She reached the Olympic level as a swimmer for the Virginia Association for Competitive Swimming (VACS) under coach Dudley Duncan.  Many Virginia Swimming LSC Records remain hers, over two decades later.

Hedgepeth initially attended the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where she competed for coach [[Randy Reese]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in 1989–90.<ref name=ufmediasupp>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf  Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521210530/http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf |date=May 21, 2013 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 64, 67, 69, 79 (2011).  Retrieved July 9, 2012.</ref>  As a Gator swimmer, she won two NCAA national championships: the individual 200-meter freestyle, and as a member of the Gators' winning team in the 4×100-meter medley relay.<ref name=ufmediasupp/>  She received seven [[All-American]] honors from her performance at the 1990 NCAA championships.<ref name=ufmediasupp/>  Following her freshman year, she transferred to the [[University of Texas]] in Austin, Texas, and finished her NCAA career swimming for coach [[Jill Sterkel]]'s [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving]] team from 1992 to 1994.<ref name=utmediaguide>''[http://www.texassports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/tex/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/wsw-0910-mg-history  2009–10 Texas Swimming and Diving] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130204003134/http://www.texassports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/tex/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/wsw-0910-mg-history |date=February 4, 2013 }}'', University of Texas, Austin, Texas, pp. 66, 68–69, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83 (2009).  Retrieved July 8, 2012.</ref>  As a Texas Longhorn swimmer, she won three more NCAA national championships and received another twenty All-American honors, for a career total of twenty-seven.<ref name=utmediaguide/>

She competed in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|200-meter individual medley]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="olympedia2">{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, Women's 200 metres Individual Medley |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/7565 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref> in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], finishing eighth in the final.  At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], Hedgepeth won individual silver medals in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre backstroke|100-meter backstroke]]<ref name="olympedia3">{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Women's 100 metres Backstroke |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/8207 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref> and [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre backstroke|200-meter backstroke]] events,<ref name="olympedia4">{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Women's 200 metres Backstroke |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/8216 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref> and a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. relay team in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|women's 4×100-meter medley relay]] event.<ref name="olympedia5">{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/8318 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name=dboprofile>databaseOlympics, Athletes, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEDGEWHI01  Whitney Hedgepeth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023010/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEDGEWHI01 |date=March 11, 2007 }}.  Retrieved July 7, 2012.</ref>

Hedgepeth retired from competition swimming after the Atlanta Games, and became a swimming coach with Longhorn Aquatics in Austin.  Since 2005, she was the masters' coach of the Longhorn Aquatics program.  In 2013, she was honored as the Speedo U.S. Masters Swimming Coach of the Year.

She was inducted into the University of Texas' Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2007.<ref>TexasSports.com, Texas Longhorns Women's Hall of Honor, [http://www.texassports.com/genrel/hedgepeth_whitney00.html  Whitney Hedgepeth].  Retrieved July 7, 2012.</ref>

In 2010, Hedgepeth was inducted into the [[Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|Virginia Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees, [http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=92  Whitney Hedgepeth] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141120152945/http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=92 |date=November 20, 2014 }}.  Retrieved November 20, 2014.</ref>

Hedgepeth's daughter, [[Dakota Luther]], swam at the [[2017 World Aquatics Championships]], and placed 15th in the [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]].

== See also ==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of University of Texas at Austin alumni]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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