Full name Deborah Babashoff Name Deborah Babashoff Nickname(s) "Debbie" Club Mission Viejo Nadadores | National team United States Strokes Freestyle swimming Sport Swimming | |
Born 1970 Whittier, California | ||
Deborah Babashoff (born 1970) is an American former competition swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships. Next year she won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the same event, and in 1989 a national title in the 1500-meter freestyle.
Debbie was born to Vera and Jack Babashoff in Whittier, California. Her father had been a swimming instructor in Hawaii and always wanted his own children to become Olympians. Both of her parents is a second-generation Russian American.
Her older sister Shirley (b. 1957) and older brothers Jack, Jr., (b. 1955) and Bill (b. 1959) were also swimmers who competed internationally.
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