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]
shirley, stobs, shirley, anne, stobs, born, 1942, american, former, competition, swimmer, olympic, champion, former, world, record, holder, competed, 1960, olympic, games, rome, where, received, gold, medal, member, winning, team, women, meter, freestyle, rela. 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 Shirley StobsPersonal informationFull nameShirley Anne StobsNational team United StatesBorn 1942 05 20 May 20 1942 age 81 Miami FloridaHeight5 ft 4 in 1 63 m Weight123 lb 56 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleClubMiami Shores Country ClubMedal record Women s swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4 100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 4 100 m freestyle 1959 Chicago 200 m freestyleSee also editList of Olympic medalists in swimming women World record progression 4 100 metres freestyle relayReferences edit 1960 Summer Olympics Rome Italy Swimming Archived 2007 09 04 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics com Retrieved on April 29 2008 External links editShirley Stobs at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp nbsp This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shirley Stobs amp oldid 1187716788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
