Staciana Stitts

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Staciana Stitts (born September 12, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio) is a breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was also a member of the USA national team at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York, placing second in the 100m breast and was on the gold medal winning 400 medley relay (breaststroke leg).

A resident of Carlsbad, California, Stitts became only the second woman swimmer of the University of California to earn a gold medal in the Olympic Games, swimming in the prelims for the United States' 400m medley relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the Sydney Olympics after placing second in the 100m breaststroke (1:07.79) at the Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.


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Staciana's parents, who also reside in Carlsbad, California are both high school teachers, and she has 2 brothers, and 1 sister.

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