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Fast Facts
  • Two-time Olympian

  • World Record Holder

  • Served as Vice Chair of Athletes’ Advisory Council

Nic Fink

 

Athlete Representative

Fink is a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist with strong professional and governance backgrounds. Originally from Morristown, New Jersey, Fink graduated from the University of Georgia in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, with an emphasis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a minor in Physics. While training at Georgia, Fink was a member of the 2013, 2015, and 2017 World Championship teams, the 2014 Pan Pacific Championship team, and the 2019 Pan American Games team.

 

Following the Olympic Games in 2021, Fink moved to Atlanta to pursue a Master’s degree at Georgia Tech University in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, with an area of emphasis in Systems and Controls and Digital Signal Processing, all while continuing to train and compete. From 2021 to 2024, he represented the U.S. in three long course World Championships and one short course World Championship, collecting 18 international medals. At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, Fink qualified for his second Olympic Games in the 100-meter Breaststroke and was later elected as a team captain by his peers on the Olympic team. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Fink won a gold medal and contributed to a World Record in the mixed 4x100 meter medley relay. He also won two silver medals in the 100 meter breaststroke and the men’s 4x100 meter medley relay.

 

Outside of the pool, Fink balances his swimming responsibilities with a full-time job as an Assistant Project Manager at Quanta Utility Engineering Services, a company that specializes in engineering, designing, asset management, and construction for the electric utility industry. For the past two years, he has also served as the Vice Chair of USA Swimming’s Athletes’ Advisory Council, which advises on and reviews programs, services, rules, and other projects that affect National Team athletes. Currently, Fink resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Melanie Margalis Fink, who is an assistant coach for the SMU women’s swim team.


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