Shirley Anne Stobs (born May 20, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with her teammates Joan Spillane, Carolyn Wood and Chris von Saltza. She and her relay teammates set a new world record of 4:08.9 in the event final.[1]
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| Full name | Shirley Anne Stobs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 20, 1942 Miami, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 lb (56 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Miami Shores Country Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
External links
edit- Shirley Stobs at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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