Marilyn Ramenofsky
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  United States |
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| Women’s Swimming | |||
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | 400 m freestyle | |
| Maccabiah Games | |||
| Gold | 1961 Israel | 400 m freestyle Relay | |
| Bronze | 1961 Israel | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1965 Israel | 220 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1965 Israel | 400 m freestyle | |
Marilyn Ramenofsky (born August 20, 1946, in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American freestyle swimmer. She is currently a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, studying the physiology and behavior of bird migration.
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[edit] Swimming career
Ramenofsky was named to the 1962, 1963, and 1964 All-America Women’s Amateur Athletic Union Swimming Teams.
[edit] World records
Ramenofsky set the world record for the 400-Meter freestyle three times in 1964, including the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, lowering the mark to 4:39.5.
[edit] American record
She also set the American record in the 220-Yard freestyle that year, 2:17.3.
[edit] Olympics
She won a silver medal in the 400-Meter freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Maccabiah Games
The 1961 Maccabiah Games were Ramenofsky’s introduction to international competition, winning a gold medal in the 400-Meter Freestyle Relay and a bronze in the 400-Meter Freestyle.
She returned to Israel for the 1965 Maccabiah Games and won gold medals in both the 220-Meter and 400-Meter Freestyles.
[edit] Hall of Fame
Ramenofsky, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
[edit] Bird Migration
Ramenofsky has published numerous peer reviewed articles on the physiology and behavior of migratory birds, most notably the White-crowned Sparrow. Much of her research has focused on how glucocorticoids may orchestrate the suite of life history changes associated with bird migration.
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