Noelle Bassi

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rdf:langString Noelle Bassi (married name: Noelle Bassi Smith; born December 1, 1983) is a butterfly swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly event at the 2003 Pan American Games. She is best known for her 2004 title in the 200m butterfly, and her placement on the top 25 world/top 10 U.S. rankings lists for six consecutive years. Bassi is a three-time (2000, 2004, 2008), and a 2004 Olympic Trial Finalist for the U.S. team. During her tenure at Harvard University, she served as captain of the Varsity Swimming and Diving team and broke three school records. In 2006, she was the Ivy League Championship Swimmer of the Meet and in 2007 broke the Ivy League record in the 200yard butterfly. She is a multiple time and Academic All-American. She helped the Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving team to win dual meets against top-ranked teams. She is a native of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. She lives in Connecticut with her husband Justin Smith, a former swimming teammate, at the end of 2008. Noelle graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2007 with a B.A. in psychology. She is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Southern Methodist University (SMU).