{{short description|American Paralympic swimmer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer |name = Beth Riggle |image = |imagesize = |caption = |fullname = |nicknames = |nationality = {{USA}} |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |strokes = Breaststroke |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Athletics}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2004 Athens|4x100m medley relay 34pts}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Athens|100m breaststroke SB8}} }}
'''Beth Riggle''' is an American Paralympic swimmer and physician.
==Biography== Riggle participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she won one gold and one bronze medal for her competition in 4x100 34 pt medley relay and 100m breaststroke swimming.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Amateur/2004/10/05/Memories-sparkle-bronze-and-gold.html |title=Memories sparkle bronze and gold |publisher=Toledo Blade |accessdate=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116230303/http://www.toledoblade.com/Amateur/2004/10/05/Memories-sparkle-bronze-and-gold.html |archivedate=January 16, 2014 }}</ref>
After graduating Valedictorian from her high school, Riggle retired from swimming in 2005 to pursue other passions. She earned a B.S. with a double major in Microbiology and Genetics and completed her first year of a PharmD before deciding to attend medical school instead. While in medical school, she dabbled in triathlon before injuries forced another retirement.
Riggle earned her MD in 2014 and subsequently completed a residency in Triple Board (Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry). She is currently Board Certified in all three specialties with expertise in childhood trauma and systems based care.
Riggle is married with one child.
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