Sharon Stouder

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Sharon Stouder
Sharon Stouder 1965.jpg
Sharon Stouder in 1965
Personal information
Full nameSharon Marie Stouder
National teamUnited States
Born(1948-11-09)November 9, 1948
Altadena, California
DiedJune 23, 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 64)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubCommerce Swim Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1963 São Paulo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1963 São Paulo 4×100 m medley

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.[1]

As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] 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.[2] She also took second place in the women's 100-meter freestyle, finishing behind Australian Dawn Fraser, for a total of four medals.[2]

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.[3] Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Braden Keith, "Queen of 1964 Olympics Sharon Stouder Passes Away at 64," SwimSwam.com (July 10, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Sharon Stouder. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  3. ^ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Sharon stouder (USA). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "Former resident Sharon Stouder Clark set the bar for female Olympians," Los Altos Town Crier (July 24, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.

External links[]

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sharon Stouder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • Sharon Stouder (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
  • Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Cathy Ferguson, Sharon Stouder and Claudia Kolb at LA Swim Stadium, California, 1964. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.


Records
Preceded by Women's 200-meter butterfly
world record-holder (long course)
July 12, 1964 – August 15, 1965 		Succeeded by
Preceded by

Ada Kok
 Women's 100-meter butterfly
world record-holder (long course)
October 16, 1964 – August 14, 1965 		Succeeded by

Ada Kok


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