# Barbara Lindquist

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**Barbara ("Barb") Metz Lindquist** (born July 1, 1969, in [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/Wilmington,_Delaware)) is a swimmer and [triathlete](/source/Triathlon) from the [United States](/source/United_States).[1][2]

She competed as a swimmer at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), and was on the swimmers' U.S. National Team, leaving the U.S. team in 1991.[2]

She became a professional triathlete in 1996.[2]

From February 2003 through 2004, she was ranked first in the world as a triathlete.[2]

Lindquist competed at the [Olympic triathlon in 2004](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics),[3] placing ninth.[2]

She was on the U.S. world championship triathlon team ten times.[3]

Lindquist retired as a triathlete in 2005.[2] She later served as the coach of the Under-23 National [Triathlon] Team and as the [USAT](/source/USA_Triathlon) Collegiate Recruitment Program Coordinator.[2]

## Recognition

On Feb. 13, 2010, Lindquist was inducted into the [USA Triathlon](/source/USA_Triathlon) Hall of Fame.[2]

She was number ten on the publication *Inside Triathlon'*s 10 Most Influential People For 2012.[3]

In 2017 she was inducted into the [International Triathlon Union](/source/World_Triathlon) Hall of Fame.[4]

## External links

- [Official website](https://barblindquist.com/)

## References

1. ["Barbara Lindquist - Athlete Profile"](https://triathlon.org/athletes/profile/5366/barbara-lindquist). *Triathlon*

1. ["Hall of Fame"](https://www.usatriathlon.org/multisport/hall-of-fame). *www.usatriathlon.org*

1. ["Inside Triathlon's 10 Most Influential People For 2012: #10 Barb Lindquist"](https://www.triathlete.com/culture/people/inside-triathlons-10-most-influential-people-for-2012-10-barb-lindquist/). *Triathlete*. December 10, 2012.

1. Flynn, Sarah Wassner (March 31, 2022). ["Recalled: The Great Equalizer"](https://www.triathlete.com/culture/people/recalled-the-great-equalizer/). *Triathlete*

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