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Full name
  
Karen Patricia Moe

Name
  
Karen Moe

National team
  
United States

Role
  
Swimmer


Sport
  
Height
  
1.65 m

Strokes
  
Butterfly

Weight
  
56 kg

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Born
  
January 22, 1953 (age 71) (
1953-01-22
)
Del Monte, Philippines

College team
  
University of California, Los Angeles

Education
  
University of California, Los Angeles

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Karen Patricia Moe Humphreys (born January 22, 1953), née Karen Patricia Moe, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, she won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly event.

Moe set world records in the 200-meter butterfly in 1970, 1971 and 1973. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1992.

Karen Moe How UCLA swim alumna Karen Moe turned the tide for womens sports

In 1978, Moe became the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's swim team at the University of California, Berkeley, and served in that position until 1992. In 1987, she was named the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Coach of the Year. From 1992 to 2004, she served within Cal's athletic department.

References

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