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Kathy Ellis

1946 - Today

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Kathleen Ellis, (born November 28, 1946), also known by her married names Kathy Hood and Kathy Landsgraf is an American former competition swimmer for the Riviera Swim Club, a 1964 Tokyo Olympic champion in the 4x100-meter freestyle and medley relay events, and a former world record-holder in three events. Graduating Indiana University in 1968 with a degree in Nursing, she later married, and coached swimming at the Riviera Club replacing her former coach Gene Lee. She also coached at Butler University, where Lee had coached, and later at Wabash College. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kathy Ellis is the 51st most popular swimmer (up from 139th in 2019), the 6,325th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,616th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kathy Ellis ranks 51 out of 709. Before her are Barbara Krause, Shigeo Arai, Károly Bartha, Willy den Ouden, Steve Clark, and Kusuo Kitamura. After her are Pontus Hanson, Erich Rademacher, Margaret Woodbridge, Gérard Blitz, Greta Andersen, and Helene Madison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Kathy Ellis ranks 443. Before her are Noddy Holder, Toshio Furukawa, Ron Silver, Edoardo Bennato, Martin Barre, and Francis Goya. After her are Olena Chekan, Wes Unseld, Erkki Tuomioja, Daryl Hall, Katia Ricciarelli, and Wolfgang Kleff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathy Ellis ranks 6,326 out of 20,380. Before her are Carmen Barth (1912), Caroline Smith (1906), Anne Tyler (1941), Grant Green (1935), Carl Scarborough (1914), and Pauline Kael (1919). After her are James Blake (1979), William Gaddis (1922), Shirley Booth (1898), Tucker Carlson (1969), Melanie Martinez (1995), and Charles Shyer (1951).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Kathy Ellis ranks 23. Before her are Allen Stack (1928), Bill Tuttle (1882), Yoshi Oyakawa (1933), Aileen Riggin (1906), Charles Daniels (1885), and Steve Clark (1943). After her are Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Helene Madison (1913), Clarke Scholes (1930), Jeff Farrell (1937), David Hammond (1881), and Cathy Carr (1954).

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