Barbara Jane Bedford (born November 9, 1972), also known by her married name as Barbara Miller , is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Bedford represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the U.S. team that won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay and set a new world record of 3:58.30 in the event final. Her record-setting teammates included Megan Quann (breaststroke), Jenny Thompson (butterfly), and Dara Torres (freestyle).
Bedford attended high school at swimming powerhouse Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey .[ 1]
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^ Peddie School , Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved February 27, 2011. "A national swimming power, Peddie swimmers represented the U.S. in the last three Olympics including double gold medalist, Nelson Diebel in Barcelona and gold medalist BJ Bedford in Sydney."
1960 : USA (Burke , Kempner , Schuler , von Saltza )
1964 : USA (Ferguson , Goyette , Stouder , Ellis )
1968 : USA (Hall , Ball , Daniel , Pedersen )
1972 : USA (Belote , Carr , Deardurff , Neilson )
1976 : East Germany (Richter , Anke , Ender , Pollack )
1980 : East Germany (Reinisch , Geweniger , Pollack , Metschuck )
1984 : USA (Andrews , Caulkins , Meagher , Hogshead )
1988 : East Germany (Otto , Hörner , Weigang , Meissner )
1992 : USA (Loveless , Nall , Ahmann-Leighton , Thompson )
1996 : USA (Botsford , Beard , Martino , Van Dyken )
2000 : USA (Bedford , Quann , Thompson , Torres )
2004 : Australia (Rooney , Jones , Thomas , Henry )
2008 : Australia (Seebohm , Jones , Schipper , Trickett )
2012 : USA (Franklin , Soni , Vollmer , Schmitt )
1973 : East Germany (Ender , Eife , Hübner , Eichner )
1975: East Germany (Ender , Krause , Hempel , Brückner )
1978: USA (Caulkins , Elkins , Sterkel , Woodhead )
1982: East Germany (Meineke , Link , Otto , Metschuck )
1986: East Germany (Otto , Stellmach , Schulze , Friedrich )
1991: USA (Haislett , Cooper , Hedgepeth , Thompson )
1994: China (Le J. , Shan , Le Y. , Lü )
1998: USA (Farella , Van Dyken , Bedford , Thompson )
2001: Germany (Dallmann , Buschschulte , Meissner , Völker )
2003: USA (Coughlin , Benko , Jeffrey , Thompson )
2005: Australia (Henry , Mills , Reese , Lenton )
2007: Australia (Lenton , Schlanger , Reese , Henry )
2009: Netherlands (Dekker , Kromowidjojo , Heemskerk , Veldhuis )
2011 : Netherlands (Dekker , Kromowidjojo , Veldhuis , Heemskerk )
2013 : USA (Franklin , Coughlin , Vreeland , Romano )
2015 : Australia (Seebohm , McKeon , B. Campbell , C. Campbell )
1985: CAN
1987: USA (Linehan , Johnson , Myers , Torres )
1989: USA (Loveless , McFarlane , Johnson , Fetter )
1991: USA (Wagstaff , King , Ahmann-Leighton , Haislett )
1993: USA (Loveless , Nall , Thompson , Martino )
1995: AUS (Stevenson , Riley , O'Neill , Ryan )
1997: USA (Maurer , Kowal , Fox , Thompson )
1999: USA (Bedford , Quann , Thompson , Kolbisen )
2002: AUS (Calub , Jones , Thomas , Henry )
2006: USA (Coughlin , Hardy , Komisarz , Weir )
2010: USA (Coughlin , Soni , Vollmer , Hardy )
2014: AUS (Seebohm , Tonks , Coutts , Campbell )
1951: United States (Geary , Pence , O'Brien )
1955: United States (O'Connor , Sears , Brey , Werner )
1959: United States (Cone , Brancroft , Collins , Von Saltza )
1963: United States (Duenkel , Goyette , Stouder , De Varona )
1967: United States (Moore , Ball , Daniel , Fordyce )
1971: Canada
1975: United States (Bonne , Morey , Wright , Peyton )
1979: United States (Jezek , Caulkins , Sterkel , Woodhead )
1983: United States (Walsh , Rhodenbaugh , Lehner , Steinseifer )
1987: United States (Green , Heisick , Jorgensen , Linke )
1991: United States (Wilson , Tierney , Wester-Krieg , Tappin )
1995: United States (Bedford , King Bednar , Van Dyken , Martino )
1999: United States (Knapp , Stitts , Campbell , Spatz )
2003: United States (MacManus , Stitts , Vollmer , Weir )
2007: United States (Smit , McKeehan , Hersey , Correia )
2011: United States (Bootsma , Chandler , Donahue , Kendall )
2015: United States (Coughlin , Meili , Worrell , Schmitt )
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Soviet Union : Unknown
1963: Hungary : Unknown
1965: Hungary : Unknown
1967: USA : (Moore , Goyette , Randall , Gustavson )
1970: USA : (Hall , Kurtz , Colella , McCuen )
1973: USA : (Tullis , Arr , Arden , Tuttle )
1977: USA : (McCully , Tasnady , Harrell , Hinderaker )
1979: USA : (Breedy , Hegel , Rapp , Caulkins )
1981: USA : (Carlisle , Waters , Sterkel , Major )
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: USA : (Donahue , Smith , Meagher , Johnson )
1987: USA : (O'Brien , Rhodenbaugh , Eyles , Berzins )
1991: USA : (Bedford , Hedman , Morgan , Stoudt )
1993: USA : (Humphrey , Heisick , Depold , Perroni )
1995: USA : (Heydanek , King Bednar , Campbell , Edwards )
1997: Japan : Unknown
1999: Japan : (Inada , Nakashima , Hagiwara , Imoto )
2001: PR China : Unknown
2003: PR China : (Zhan , Luo , Xu , Pang )
2005: USA : (McGregory , Jendrick , Christianson , Correia )
2007: Japan : (Terakawa , Tamura , Kato , Urabe )
2009: USA : (Rogers , Freeman , Sims , Kennedy )
2011: PR China : (Gao , Sun , Lu , Tang )
2013: Russia : (Zuyeva , Yefimova , Popova , Andreyeva )
2015: Italy : (Zofkova , Scarcella , Di Liddo , Letrari )
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