Jo Harshbarger
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Full name | Jo Ann Harshbarger | |||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||
Born | Aurora, Illinois | November 17, 1956|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 112 lb (51 kg) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
Club | Lake Washington Swim Club | |||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jo Ann Harshbarger (born November 17, 1956) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder. Harshbarger competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, and was a silver medalist in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She set world records in the 800-meter freestyle in 1972 and 1974, and in the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1973.
See also[]
- List of Stanford University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
- World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
References[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jo Harshbarger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012.
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American female freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Aurora, Illinois
- Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- American swimming biography stubs