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Cathy Ferguson

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Cathy Jean Ferguson (born July 22, 1948), known for a time by her married name Cathy Ferguson Brennan is an American former competition swimmer, who competed for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder. She participated at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where she received the gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter backstroke, and another gold as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. After completing a Doctorate from the U.S. International University in San Diego, she worked as a Professor, Coach and Director of Aquatics at California State University, Long Beach for 20 years, was a director of Sports Medicine at Anaheim Memorial Hospital, and served as a CEO for Girl Scouts of Central California. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cathy Ferguson is the 128th most popular swimmer (down from 66th in 2019), the 8,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,823rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Cathy Ferguson ranks 128 out of 709. Before her are Lance Larson, Charles Devendeville, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Adolph Kiefer, Max Hainle, and Nel van Vliet. After her are Brenda Helser, Vladimir Salnikov, Jean Taris, Belle Moore, Maria Vierdag, and Max Schöne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Cathy Ferguson ranks 567. Before her are Bonfoh Abass, Bernd Franke, John Huchra, Tommy Söderberg, Biri Biri, and Rasim Balayev. After her are Ian McElhinney, Viktor Matviyenko, Terry Bradshaw, Carlos Squeo, Errol Brown, and Joseph Marcell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 8,960 out of 20,380. Before her are Dale Earnhardt (1951), William C. deMille (1878), Mel Tormé (1925), Armin Shimerman (1949), Gordon Bell (1934), and Elliott Smith (1969). After her are Traylor Howard (1966), Celia Weston (1951), Dennis Christopher (1955), Paula Strasberg (1909), Pinto Colvig (1892), and John Patitucci (1959).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 58. Before her are William Yorzyk (1933), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), Lance Larson (1940), and Adolph Kiefer (1918). After her are Brenda Helser (1924), Pua Kealoha (1902), Harry Hebner (1891), Warren Kealoha (1903), Carl Robie (1945), and Sharon Stouder (1948).

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