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| Full name | Tami Lee Bruce | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-03-06)March 6, 1967 (age 58) San Diego, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tami Lee Bruce (born March 6, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States in twofreestyle events at the1988 Summer Olympics.
Bruce was born in San Diego in 1967.[1] She attendedHilltop High School inChula Vista, California,[2] and swam for the Hilltop Lancers high school team. She graduated from Hilltop in 1985.[2] She also trained with the Mission Viejo Nadadores swim team.[2]
Bruce accepted an athletic scholarship to attend theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coachRandy Reese'sFlorida Gators swimming and diving team in NCAA andSoutheastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1986 to 1989.[3] During her four-year college career, she was a seven-time NCAA national champion—three times in the 1,650-yard freestyle (1986, 1987, 1988), twice in the 500-yard freestyle (1986, 1988), once in the 200-yard freestyle, and, together withPaige Zemina, Carmen Cowart and Debbie Daniel, was a member of the Gators' NCAA championship relay team in the 4x200 freestyle relay.[3][4] She also won seven SEC individual titles in the 500-yard freestyle (1986, 1987, 1988), 1,650-yard freestyle (1986, 1987, 1988), and 200-yard freestyle (1988), was a member of three of the Gators' SEC championship relay teams in the 4x200-yard event (1986, 1987, 1988), and was named SEC Swimmer of the Year (1988).[3]
Bruce was inducted into theUniversity of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2005.[5][6]
At the1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, Bruce was a double gold medalist in the 400-meter individual medley and the 800-meter freestyle.[7][8] At the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, she placed fourth in the world in thewomen's 400-meter freestyle event with a time of 4:08.16, and fifth in thewomen's 800-meter freestyle event in 8:30.86.[1][9][10]
Bruce attempted a comeback in 1993, after several years out of the pool. While competing for the Australian women's swim team, she finished sixth in the short-course400-meter freestyle event at the1993 FINA World Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[11]
Bruce married Australian Olympian and fellow Florida Gator swimmerDuncan Armstrong in October 1989; they have two sons.[12][13] Armstrong and Bruce later divorced.[1]
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