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Full name | Terri Lee Stickles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | San Mateo, California | May 11, 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terri Lee Stickles (born May 11, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She received a bronze medal for her third-place finish in the women's 400-meter freestyle event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1]
She was a member of the Santa Clara Swim Club, notable for producing Olympic swimmers such as Donna de Varona and Mark Spitz. [2] She trained with swimming coach George Haines, who was noted for training future Olympic medalists during the 1960s and 1970s. [3] [4]
Her brother, Ted Stickles, was also a competition swimmer, set world records in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events. [5]
Stickles was married to Olympic long-distance runner Álvaro Mejía. They met in Cali, Colombia, where she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Stickles brought Mejía to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969. They subsequently divorced.
She is now retired and living in Calaveras County, California. She is a fused glass artist.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Terri Lee Stickles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | San Mateo, California | May 11, 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Terri Lee Stickles (born May 11, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She received a bronze medal for her third-place finish in the women's 400-meter freestyle event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1]
She was a member of the Santa Clara Swim Club, notable for producing Olympic swimmers such as Donna de Varona and Mark Spitz. [2] She trained with swimming coach George Haines, who was noted for training future Olympic medalists during the 1960s and 1970s. [3] [4]
Her brother, Ted Stickles, was also a competition swimmer, set world records in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events. [5]
Stickles was married to Olympic long-distance runner Álvaro Mejía. They met in Cali, Colombia, where she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Stickles brought Mejía to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969. They subsequently divorced.
She is now retired and living in Calaveras County, California. She is a fused glass artist.