 Women's 100-meter butterfly winners at 1960 Olympics: Carolyn Schuler (1),
Marianne Heemskerk (2) and
Jan Andrew (3). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carolyn Jane Schuler | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 5, 1943 San Francisco, California | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Berkeley YMCA | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carolyn Jane Schuler (born January 5, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
She represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she won two gold medals. [1] She received her first gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter butterfly, with a new Olympic record time of 1:09.5. [2] She earned a second gold medal as a member of the first-place United States team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with teammates Lynn Burke (backstroke), Patty Kempner (breaststroke), and Chris von Saltza (freestyle). The winning U.S. medley relay set a new world record of 4:41.1 in the event final. [3]
Schuler was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1989. [4]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carolyn Schuler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Butterfly Final. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games, Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay Final. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ "Carolyn Schuler (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
External links
- Carolyn Schuler at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Carolyn Schuler at World Aquatics
- Carolyn Schuler at Olympedia
- Carolyn Schuler at Olympics.com
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- World record setters in swimming
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- Swimmers from San Francisco
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Women's 100-meter butterfly winners at 1960 Olympics: Carolyn Schuler (1),
Marianne Heemskerk (2) and
Jan Andrew (3). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carolyn Jane Schuler | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 5, 1943 San Francisco, California | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Berkeley YMCA | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carolyn Jane Schuler (born January 5, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
She represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she won two gold medals. [1] She received her first gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter butterfly, with a new Olympic record time of 1:09.5. [2] She earned a second gold medal as a member of the first-place United States team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with teammates Lynn Burke (backstroke), Patty Kempner (breaststroke), and Chris von Saltza (freestyle). The winning U.S. medley relay set a new world record of 4:41.1 in the event final. [3]
Schuler was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1989. [4]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carolyn Schuler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Butterfly Final. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games, Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay Final. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ "Carolyn Schuler (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
External links
- Carolyn Schuler at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Carolyn Schuler at World Aquatics
- Carolyn Schuler at Olympedia
- Carolyn Schuler at Olympics.com
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| Women's team | ||
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| This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1943 births
- Living people
- American female butterfly swimmers
- American female freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from San Francisco
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs