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Shirley Stobs
American swimmer (born 1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shirley Anne Stobs (born May 20, 1942), later Shirley Anne Davis is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Born 20, 1942, in Miami, Florida, Stobs swam for the Miami Shores Country Club under Coach Tom Buckley who later coached at Dade Junior College in the early 1970's.[1] Swimming for Miami Shores in June, 1957, Stobs set a Florida state record for the 100-yard butterfly in the 15-16 age group category with a time of 1:08.5 at the St Petersburg Invitational Meet.[2][3] At the Florida Age Group Swimming Championships in June, 1958, Stobs set a National 50-yard girls freestyle record of 26.4 seconds, also winning the 200-yard individual medley.[4] She set an unofficial Florida State Record in the 100-yard freestyle in June 1960 of 58.1. She attended Emory University in the Fall of 1960.[5]
In 1959, she captured an AAU title in the 100 yd freestyle, underscoring her potential as an Olympic candidate in the event.[2]
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1960 Rome Olympic gold
Swimming the 100-meter freestyle, Stobs placed fourth at the 1960 Olympic trials to qualify for the Olympics.[2]
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.[6]
At the Pan American Games in 1959, she captured a gold medal in the 4x100 freestyle. She also placed second, winning a silver medal in the 200 freestyle at the Pan Am Games that year.[2] She competed at the 1959 Pan American Games, winning gold in the 4x100 freestyle, and a silver medal in the 200 metre freestyle.
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