Sharon Stouder
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Sharon Stouder is an American
swimmer. She was fifteen when she won three golden and one silver medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Strouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under one minute barrier in the 100 meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 64 olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly. She was inducted in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame
in 1972.
United States
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swimmer. She was fifteen when she won three golden and one silver medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
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Strouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under one minute barrier in the 100 meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 64 olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly. She was inducted in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame
International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...
in 1972.