Background
Benko, Lindsay was born on November 29, 1976 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
Benko, Lindsay was born on November 29, 1976 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
Degree in communications, University Southern California, 1999.
She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She held the short-course world record in the 400-meter freestyle (at 3:5953) for nearly three years from January 2003 to December 2005. Four years later, at the 2004 Olympics, she earned gold swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and silver swimming the heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Benko attended the Stanley Clark School in South Bend, Indiana, for her elementary education.
Upon graduating from Stanley Clark, she attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana.
At the 2000 Olympics, she was a member of the United States of America"s gold-medal-winning 4×200-meter freestyle relay.