Sharon Stouder

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Medal record
Women's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Tokyo 100m Butterfly
Gold 1964 Tokyo 4x100m Freestyle
Gold 1964 Tokyo 4x100m Medley
Silver 1964 Tokyo 100m Freestyle

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.


Records
Preceded by
Flag of the United States Susan Pitt		 Women's 200 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
July 12, 1964 – August 15, 1965		 Succeeded by
Flag of the United States Kenis Moore


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Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly
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: Hong Qian | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Petria Thomas
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