fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
ashley ann whitney bolles sharks nashville , tennessee 123 lb on 5 ft 7 in m on 21 august 1979 ashley whitney
 freestyle ashley whitney university of california , berkeley of georgia ; university of florida ; university
ashley whitney

ashley ann whitney -lrb- born august 21 , 1979 -rrb- is an american former competition swimmer who was a freestyle specialist and an olympic gold medalist .
at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta , georgia , whitney earned a gold medal when she swam for the winning u.s. team in the preliminary heats of the women 's 4x200-meter freestyle relay .
she was born in nashville , tennessee .
for high school , she attended the bolles school , a private prep school in jacksonville , florida , where he swam for coach gregg troy 's bolles high school swim team , a program with a reputation for producing future international swimmers and olympians .
she graduated from the bolles school in 1998 .
whitney initially attended the university of georgia , where she was a member of coach jack bauerle 's georgia bulldogs swimming and diving team in 1999 -- georgia 's first ncaa national championship team .
she later transferred to the university of california , berkeley , where she finished her college career swimming for coach teri mckeever 's cal bears women 's swimming and diving team .
