{"id":596042,"date":"2024-09-06T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=596042"},"modified":"2024-09-07T06:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T13:41:21","slug":"lindsay-mintenko-resigns-as-usa-swimming-national-team-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lindsay-mintenko-resigns-as-usa-swimming-national-team-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Mintenko Resigns as USA Swimming National Team Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lindsay Mintenko Resigns as USA Swimming National Team Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lindsay Mintenko<\/strong> has officially resigned from USA Swimming as the managing director of its national team, the organization announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mintenko\u2019s departure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sources-usa-swimming-to-replace-ceo-tim-hinchey-director-lindsay-mintenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported by <em>Swimming World<\/em> in August<\/a>, completes a house cleaning that includes the departure of USA Swimming CEO <strong>Tim Hinchey<\/strong>. Mintenko\u2019s departure is effective Sept. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Mintenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist under her maiden name of <strong>Lindsay Benko,<\/strong> has been with USA Swimming for 19 years. She assumed her current role in 2017, overseeing the U.S. national team at the Tokyo Olympics and a monstrously underwhelming performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Lindsay for her dedication and leadership throughout her decades as an athlete, Olympic team captain, and staff member of USA Swimming,\u201d interim CEO <strong>Shana Ferguson<\/strong> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/news\/2024\/09\/06\/lindsay-mintenko-resigns-as-managing-director-of-the-national-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release<\/a>. \u201cHer passion for the sport, coupled with her uncompromising commitment to our athletes, has left a lasting impact on the entire swimming community. We are a better sport and a better team because of Lindsay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No interim occupant of the role has been named, and a search for a successor will be conducted by the USA Swimming Board of Directors, Athletes\u2019 Advisory Council, National Team Steering Committee and \u201cother key leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to serve the athletes and coaches of USA Swimming and will forever be proud of their accomplishments,\u201d Mintenko said. \u201cI learned from them every day, from the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships trip to the 2024 Olympic Games. I will now be the loudest one in the stands, cheering for the athletes and coaches who have inspired so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mintenko led the U.S. to a struggle of a performance in Paris, the U.S. to eight gold medals and 28 totals medals, atop the medal table but only just \u2013 in the case of golds, by one over Australia. The U.S. men <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-analysis-u-s-women-shined-men-struggled-on-french-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn\u2019t win an individual medal until the last day<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-has-a-problem-but-its-nowhere-near-the-medal-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the team set records for futility in reaching semifinals and finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mintenko is unlikely to stay far from the sport: Her daughter <strong>Madi Mintenko<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/madi-mintenko-world-juniors-gold-medalist-sends-2025-verbal-to-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the country\u2019s most promising junior swimmers<\/a> and a junior national teamer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsay Mintenko Resigns as USA Swimming National Team Director Lindsay Mintenko has officially resigned from USA Swimming as the managing director of its national team, the organization announced Friday. 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