Marilee Stepan
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Full name | Mary Louise Stepan | ||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Marilee" | ||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | February 2, 1935||||||||||
Died | December 15, 2021 Winnetka, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 86)||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||
Club | Lake Shore Athletic Club | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Mary Louise Stepan (February 2, 1935 – December 15, 2021) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. As a 17-year-old, Stepan represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1] She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Jackie LaVine, Jody Alderson and Evelyn Kawamoto.[1][2] Individually, Stepan also competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle, advanced to the event final, and finished seventh overall with a time of 1:08.0.[1][3]
Stepan later married Richard Wehman and had four children.[4] She was also a member of the United States Olympic Committee.[4] Stepan died in Winnetka, Illinois, on December 15, 2021, at the age of 86.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Marilee Stepan. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "For the Love of Sports, Education and the North Shore," MakeItBetter.com (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "Marilee Stepan". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- 1935 births
- 2021 deaths
- 21st-century American women
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from Chicago
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- American swimming biography stubs