Sharon Stouder
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Sharon Stouder in 1965
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Full name | Sharon Marie Stouder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Altadena, California |
November 9, 1948||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Commerce Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sharon Marie Stouder (November 9, 1948 – June 23, 2013), also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.[1]
As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, and was a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.[2] She also took second place in the women's 100-meter freestyle, finishing behind Australian Dawn Fraser, for a total of four medals.[2]
Stouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 1964 Olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly.
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972.[3] Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old.[4] She was survived by her son and daughter.[4]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Stanford University people
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ Braden Keith, "Queen of 1964 Olympics Sharon Stouder Passes Away at 64," SwimSwam.com (July 10, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Sharon Stouder. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Sharon stouder (USA). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Former resident Sharon Stouder Clark set the bar for female Olympians," Los Altos Town Crier (July 24, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.
External links
- Sharon Stouder – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Sharon Stouder (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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Preceded by | Women's 200-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) July 12, 1964 – August 15, 1965 |
Succeeded by Kendis Moore |
Preceded by | Women's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) October 16, 1964 – August 14, 1965 |
Succeeded by Ada Kok |
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- American female freestyle swimmers
- American female butterfly swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Stanford University alumni
- Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics