Sharon Stouder
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Swimming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Tokyo 1964 | 100m Freestyle | |
| Gold | Tokyo 1964 | 100m Butterfly | |
| Gold | Tokyo 1964 | 4x100m Freestyle Relay | |
| Gold | Tokyo 1964 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
Sharon Marie Strouder (born November 9, 1948 in Altadena, CA) is an American swimmer. She was fifteen when she won three golden and one silver medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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.
[edit] See also
| Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly |
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| 1956: Shelley Mann | 1960: Carolyn Schuler | 1964: Sharon Stouder | 1968: Lyn McClements | 1972: Mayumi Aoki | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Caren Metschuck | 1984: Mary T. Meagher | 1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Qian Hong | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Petria Thomas |
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