Irish barrister and former Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith de Bruin began to swim from her father and was first observed at the age of nine in the Tallaght swimming pool.
With a specialization in civil law, Michelle Smith, 52, is currently employed as a barrister in Kells, Ireland.
Michelle Smith: Where is she now?
When she was 18 years old, she made her international debut at the Seoul Olympics and almost missed the B-final in the 200 m backstroke (top 16).
At age 14, she won the junior and senior national championships. From then until her retirement in 1998, she dominated Irish women’s swimming.
Following her swimming career, Smith worked as a builder’s merchant under the alias Michelle de Bruin. What is known about her present occupation is included below.
She was the first Irish woman to win an Olympic gold medal for Ireland in Atlanta in 1996, but drug charges overshadowed her glittering victory.
Regardless of gender, Smith, who gave up swimming, is still Ireland’s most successful Olympian.
However, she also has Irish records in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 400 meter individual medley (long course), and 400 meter individual medley record (short period).
