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Jill Sterkel

1961 - Today

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Jill Ann Sterkel (born May 27, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and water polo player. Sterkel won four medals in three Olympic Games spanning twelve years from 1976 through 1988. She was the women's head coach of the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team at the University of Texas at Austin from 1993 to 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Jill Sterkel is the 488th most popular swimmer, the 19,052nd most popular biography from United States and the 147th most popular American Swimmer.

Jill Sterkel, born in 1961, is most famous for being an American swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is known for her achievements in freestyle and individual medley events during her swimming career.

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Among people born in 1961, Jill Sterkel ranks 1,051Before her are Thurl Bailey, Joke Silva, Michael Azerrad, Mitch Gaylord, Juan Vargas, and Kerry Saxby-Junna. After her are Rodney McCray, Adrian Heath, Crystal Bernard, Allen West, Dayanita Singh, and Kalpana Saroj.

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