Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Sharon Stouder

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Full name
  
Sharon Marie Stouder

Club
  
Commerce Swim Club

Height
  
1.73 m

National team
  
United States

Name
  
Sharon Stouder

Weight
  
61 kg

Sport
  
Role
  
Swimmer

Education
  
Stanford University

Strokes
  
Died
  
June 23, 2013


Sharon Stouder httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Born
  
November 9, 1948 (
1948-11-09
)

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Similar People
  
Kathy Ellis, Dawn Fraser, Ada Kok

Sharon Marie Stouder (November 9, 1948 – June 23, 2013), also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.

Sharon Stouder Calisphere Olympic swimmer Sharon Stouder sitting on diving board

As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, and was a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. She also took second place in the women's 100-meter freestyle, finishing behind Australian Dawn Fraser, for a total of four medals.

Stouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 1964 Olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly.

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972. Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old. She was survived by her son and daughter.

References

Sharon Stouder Wikipedia


Similar Topics