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American swimmer (1943–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carolyn Jane Schuler (January 5, 1943 – July 22, 2024) was an American competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and one-time world record-holder.
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Full name | Carolyn Jane Schuler | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | January 5, 1943|||||||||||||||||
Died | July 22, 2024 81) | (aged|||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Berkeley YMCA | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Schuler 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]
Schuler died on July 22, 2024, at the age of 81.[5]
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