Barbara Bedford (swimmer)

American swimmer (born 1972)

Barbara Bedford

Personal information

Full name| Barbara Jane Bedford
Nickname| "B.J."
National team|  United States
Born|  (1972-11-09) November 9, 1972 (age 52)
Hanover, New Hampshire
Height| 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight| 134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Backstroke
College team| University of Texas

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
|  2000 Sydney | 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
|  1998 Perth | 4×100 m freestyle
|  1994 Rome | 100 m backstroke
World Championships (SC)
|  1995 Rio | 100 m backstroke
|  1995 Rio  | 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
|  1993 Kobe | 200 m backstroke
|  1999 Sydney | 4×100 m medley
|  1993 Kobe  | 100 m backstroke
|  1999 Sydney  | 200 m backstroke
Pan American Games
|  1995 Mar del Plata | 100 m backstroke
|  1995 Mar del Plata  | 200 m backstroke
|  1995 Mar del Plata  | 4×100 m medley
Universiade
|  1991 Sheffield | 100 m backstroke
|  1991 Sheffield  | 4×100 m medley
|  1993 Buffalo | 100 m backstroke

Barbara Jane Bedford (born November 9, 1972), who competed as BJ Bedford, currently known by her married name, Barbara Miller, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Bedford represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the U.S. team that won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay and set a new world record of 3:58.30 in the event final. Her record-setting teammates included Megan Quann (breaststroke), Jenny Thompson (butterfly), and Dara Torres (freestyle).

Bedford attended high school at swimming powerhouse Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey[1] and is the sister of competitive swimmer Fritz Bedford.[2]

## See also

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* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
* List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
* Pan American Games records in swimming
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

## References

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1. ^ Peddie School Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2011. "A national swimming power, Peddie swimmers represented the U.S. in the last three Olympics including double gold medalist, Nelson Diebel in Barcelona and gold medalist BJ Bedford in Sydney."
2. ^ Ross, Andy (October 23, 2018). "Fritz Bedford Breaks Masters World Record in Vermont". SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.

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Olympic champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1960:  Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza (USA)
* 1964:  Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette, Sharon Stouder, Kathy Ellis (USA)
* 1968:  Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Susan Pedersen (USA)
* 1972:  Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson (USA)
* 1976:  Ulrike Richter, Hannelore Anke, Kornelia Ender, Andrea Pollack (GDR)
* 1980:  Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck (GDR)
* 1984:  Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead (USA)
* 1988:  Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang, Katrin Meissner (GDR)
* 1992:  Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Jenny Thompson, Janie Wagstaff, Megan Kleine, Summer Sanders, Nicole Haislett (USA)
* 1996:  Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Whitney Hedgepeth, Kristine Quance, Jenny Thompson (USA)
* 2000:  Barbara Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Ashley Tappin, Amy Van Dyken, Staciana Stitts (USA)
* 2004:  Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper, Alice Mills (AUS)
* 2008:  Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez, Shayne Reese (AUS)
* 2012:  Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, Rachel Bootsma, Breeja Larson, Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy (USA)
* 2016:  Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel, Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell, Abbey Weitzeil (USA)
* 2020:  Cate Campbell, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O'Callaghan, Emily Seebohm, Brianna Throssell (AUS)
* 2024:  Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Katharine Berkoff, Emma Weber, Alex Shackell, Kate Douglass (USA)

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World long-course champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

* 1973:  Kornelia Ender, Andrea Eife, Andrea Hübner, Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
* 1975:  Kornelia Ender, Barbara Krause, Claudia Hempel, Ute Brückner (GDR)
* 1978:  Tracy Caulkins, Stephanie Elkins, Jill Sterkel, Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
* 1982:  Birgit Meineke, Susanne Link, Kristin Otto, Caren Metschuck (GDR)
* 1986:  Kristin Otto, Manuela Stellmach, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich (GDR)
* 1991:  Nicole Haislett, Julie Cooper, Whitney Hedgepeth, Jenny Thompson (USA)
* 1994:  Le Jingyi, Shan Ying, Le Ying, Lü Bin (CHN)
* 1998:  Lindsay Farella, Amy Van Dyken, Barbara Bedford, Jenny Thompson (USA)
* 2001:  Petra Dallmann, Antje Buschschulte, Katrin Meissner, Sandra Völker (GER)
* 2003:  Natalie Coughlin, Lindsay Benko, Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Thompson (USA)
* 2005:  Jodie Henry, Alice Mills, Shayne Reese, Libby Trickett (AUS)
* 2007:  Libby Trickett, Melanie Schlanger, Shayne Reese, Jodie Henry (AUS)
* 2009:  Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
* 2011:  Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis, Femke Heemskerk (NED)
* 2013:  Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano (USA)
* 2015:  Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell (AUS)
* 2017:  Mallory Comerford, Kelsi Dahlia, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel (USA)
* 2019:  Bronte Campbell, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell (AUS)
* 2022:  Mollie O'Callaghan, Madison Wilson, Meg Harris, Shayna Jack (AUS)
* 2023:  Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon (AUS)
* 2024:  Kim Busch, Janna van Kooten, Kira Toussaint, Marrit Steenbergen (NED)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

* 1985: Andrea Hayes (USA)
* 1987: Nicole Livingstone (AUS)
* 1989: Dede Trimble (USA)
* 1991: Anna Simcic (NZL)
* 1993: Barbara Bedford (USA)
* 1995: Nicole Livingstone (AUS)
* 1997: Mai Nakamura (JPN)
* 1999: Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN)
* 2002: Margaret Hoelzer (USA)
* 2006: Reiko Nakamura (JPN)
* 2010: Elizabeth Beisel (USA)
* 2014: Belinda Hocking (AUS)
* 2018: Kathleen Baker (USA)

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Pan Pacific champions in women's 4×100 m medley relay

* 1985: Canada
* 1987: USA (Linehan, Johnson, Myers, Torres)
* 1989: USA (Loveless, McFarlane, Johnson, Fetter)
* 1991: USA (Wagstaff, King, Ahmann-Leighton, Haislett)
* 1993: USA (Loveless, Nall, Thompson, Martino)
* 1995: Australia (Stevenson, Riley, O'Neill, Ryan)
* 1997: USA (Maurer, Kowal, Fox, Thompson)
* 1999: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Kolbisen)
* 2002: Australia (Calub, Jones, Thomas, Henry)
* 2006: USA (Coughlin, Hardy, Komisarz, Weir)
* 2010: USA (Coughlin, Soni, Vollmer, Hardy)
* 2014: Australia (Seebohm, Tonks, Coutts, Campbell)
* 2018: Australia (Seebohm, Hansen, McKeon, Campbell)

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Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m backstroke

* 1951:  Maureen O'Brien (USA)
* 1955:  Leonore Fisher (CAN)
* 1959:  Carin Cone (USA)
* 1963:  Nina Harmer (USA)
* 1967:  Elaine Tanner (CAN)
* 1971:  Donna Gurr (CAN)
* 1975:  Lynn Chenard (CAN)
* 1979:  Linda Jezek (USA)
* 1983:  Sue Walsh (USA)
* 1987:  Silvia Poll Ahrens (CRC)
* 1991:  Silvia Poll Ahrens (CRC)
* 1995:  Barbara Bedford (USA)
* 1999:  Kelly Stefanyshyn (CAN)
* 2003:  Diana MacManus (USA)
* 2007:  Julia Smit (USA)
* 2011:  Rachel Bootsma (USA)
* 2015:  Etiene Medeiros (BRA)
* 2019:  Phoebe Bacon (USA)
* 2023:  Josephine Fuller (USA)

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Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m backstroke

* 1967:  Elaine Tanner (CAN)
* 1971:  Donna Gurr (CAN)
* 1975:  Donna Wennerstrom (USA)
* 1979:  Linda Jezek (USA)
* 1983:  Amy White (USA)
* 1987:  Katie Welch (USA)
* 1991:  Diana Trimble (USA)
* 1995:  Barbara Bedford (USA)
* 1999:  Denali Knapp (USA)
* 2003:  Jamie Reid (USA)
* 2007:  Teresa Crippen (USA)
* 2011:  Elizabeth Pelton (USA)
* 2015:  Hilary Caldwell (CAN)
* 2019:  Alex Walsh (USA)
* 2023:  Kennedy Noble (USA)

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Pan American champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1951:  S. Geary, P. Pence, M. O'Brien (USA)
* 1955:  C. O'Connor, M. Sears, B. Brey, W. Werner (USA)
* 1959:  C. Cone, A. Brancroft, B. Collins, C. von Saltza (USA)
* 1963:  G. Duenkel, C. Goyette, S. Stouder, D. de Varona (USA)
* 1967:  K. Moore, C. Ball, E. Daniel, W. Fordyce (USA)
* 1971:  D. Gurr, J. Wright, L. Cliff, A. Coughlan (CAN)
* 1975:  R. Bonne, M. Morey, C. Wright, K. Peyton (USA)
* 1979:  L. Jezek, T. Caulkins, J. Sterkel, C. Woodhead (USA)
* 1983:  S. Walsh, K. Rhodenbaugh, L. Lehner, C. Steinseifer (USA)
* 1987:  H. Green, L. Heisick, J. Jorgensen, S. Linke (USA)
* 1991:  J. Wilson, D. Tierney, A. Wester-Krieg, A. Tappin (USA)
* 1995:  B. Bedford, K. King Bednar, A. Van Dyken, A. Martino (USA)
* 1999:  D. Knapp, S. Stitts, K. Campbell, T. Spatz (USA)
* 2003:  D. MacManus, S. Stitts, D. Vollmer, A. Weir (USA)
* 2007:  J. Smit, M. McKeehan, K. Hersey, M. Correia (USA)
* 2011:  R. Bootsma, A. Chandler, C. Donahue, A. Kendall (USA)
* 2015:  N. Coughlin, K. Meili, K. Worrell, A. Schmitt (USA)
* 2019:  P. Bacon, A. Lazor, K. Stewart, M. Geer (USA)
* 2023:  D. Hanus, R. Nicol, M. Mac Neil, M. Harvey (CAN)

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Summer Universiade champions in women's 100 m backstroke

* 1959: Rita Androsoni (ITA)
* 1961: Larisa Viktorova (URS)
* 1963: Mária Balla-Lantos (HUN)
* 1965: Françoise Borie (FRA)
* 1967: Kendis Moore (USA)
* 1970: Kaje Hall (USA)
* 1973: Mary Feldman (USA)
* 1977: Klavdiya Studenikova (URS)
* 1979 - 1981: Carmen Bunaciu (ROM)
* 1983: Larisa Gorchakova (URS)
* 1985: Carmen Bunaciu (ROM)
* 1987: Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM)
* 1991 - 1993: Barbara Bedford (USA)
* 1995: Kristin Heydanek (USA)
* 1997 - 1999: Noriko Inada (JPN)
* 2001: Mai Nakamura (JPN)
* 2003: Ilona Hlavacková (CZE)
* 2005 - 2007: Aya Terakawa (JPN)
* 2009 - 2011: Shiho Sakai (JPN)
* 2013: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS)
* 2015: Kylie Masse (CAN)
* 2017: Sian Whittaker (AUS)
* 2019: Katharine Berkoff (USA)
* 2021: Adela Piskorska (POL)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay

* 1959: Italy: Unknown
* 1961: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1963: Hungary: Unknown
* 1965: Hungary: Unknown
* 1967: USA: (Moore, Goyette, Randall, Gustavson)
* 1970: USA: (Hall, Kurtz, Colella, McCuen)
* 1973: USA: (Tullis, Arr, Arden, Tuttle)
* 1977: USA: (McCully, Tasnady, Harrell, Hinderaker)
* 1979: USA: (Breedy, Hegel, Rapp, Caulkins)
* 1981: USA: (Carlisle, Waters, Sterkel, Major)
* 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1985: USA: (Donahue, Smith, Meagher, Johnson)
* 1987: USA: (O'Brien, Rhodenbaugh, Eyles, Berzins)
* 1991: USA: (Bedford, Hedman, Morgan, Stoudt)
* 1993: USA: (Humphrey, Heisick, Depold, Perroni)
* 1995: USA: (Heydanek, King Bednar, Campbell, Edwards)
* 1997: Japan: (Inada, Tanaka, Onishi, Yamanoi)
* 1999: Japan: (Inada, Nakashima, Hagiwara, Imoto)
* 2001: PR China: Unknown
* 2003: PR China: (Zhan, Luo, Xu, Pang)
* 2005: USA: (McGregory, Jendrick, Christianson, Correia)
* 2007: Japan: (Terakawa, Tamura, Kato, Urabe)
* 2009: USA: (Rogers, Freeman, Sims, Kennedy)
* 2011: PR China: (Gao, Sun, Lu, Tang)
* 2013: Russia: (Zuyeva, Yefimova, Popova, Andreyeva)
* 2015: Italy: (Zofkova, Scarcella, Di Liddo, Letrari)
* 2017: Japan: (Konishi, Watanabe, Hirayama, Igarashi)
* 2019: USA: (Berkoff, Escobedo, Luther, DeLoof)
* 2021: China: (Liu, Zhu, Zhang, Li)

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2000 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification|

* 2000 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team|

* Pat Calhoun
* Chad Carvin
* Ian Crocker
* Josh Davis (team captain)
* Tom Dolan
* Nate Dusing
* Anthony Ervin
* Scott Goldblatt
* Gary Hall Jr.
* Tommy Hannan
* Klete Keller
* Lenny Krayzelburg
* Jason Lezak
* Tom Malchow
* Ed Moses
* Aaron Peirsol
* Michael Phelps
* Jamie Rauch
* Kyle Salyards
* Chris Thompson
* Scott Tucker
* Erik Vendt
* Neil Walker
* Tom Wilkens (team captain)

Women's team|

* Amanda Adkins
* Samantha Arsenault
* Amanda Beard
* B. J. Bedford
* Lindsay Benko (team captain)
* Brooke Bennett
* Kim Black
* Maddy Crippen
* Misty Hyman
* Kristy Kowal
* Diana Munz
* Rada Owen
* Erin Phenix
* Megan Quann
* Gabrielle Rose
* Kaitlin Sandeno
* Courtney Shealy
* Staciana Stitts
* Julia Stowers
* Ashley Tappin
* Cristina Teuscher (team captain)
* Jenny Thompson (team captain)
* Dara Torres
* Amy Van Dyken

Coaches|

* Peter Banks
* Jack Bauerle
* David Marsh
* Richard Quick (women's head coach)
* Eddie Reese
* Dave Salo
* Mark Schubert (men's head coach)
* Jon Urbanchek

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