| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Miriam Smith |
| National team | United States |
| Born | September 25, 1958 Mount Holly, New Jersey |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Tacoma Swim Club |
| College team | University of Southern California |
| Coach | Tacoma Swim Club (Dick Hannula) USC (Peter Dalland) |
Miriam Smith (born September 25, 1958) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. Smith swam in the preliminary heats of the women's 200-meter backstroke event, and recorded a time of 2:22.05. In the preliminaries, she finished with the 13th fastest time, though in the competitive world of Olympic competition, her time was only 7 seconds behind the finalist who took the bronze medal.[1][2]