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Shirley Babashoff

1957 - Today

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Shirley Frances Babashoff (born January 31, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events. Babashoff set six world records and earned a total of nine Olympic medals in her career. She won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and she won the 1975 world championship in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. During her career, she set 37 national records (17 individual and 20 relay) and for some time held all national freestyle records from the 100-meter to 800-meter event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Shirley Babashoff is the 232nd most popular swimmer (down from 216th in 2024), the 13,491st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,717th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shirley Babashoff ranks 232 out of 709. Before her are László Cseh, Audrey Mestre, Andrea Gyarmati, Shane Gould, Claudia Poll, and Sergey Koplyakov. After her are Novella Calligaris, Petra van Staveren, Shelley Mann, David Theile, Yana Klochkova, and Zoltán Verrasztó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shirley Babashoff ranks 626. Before her are Billy Bragg, Lionel Shriver, Xu Haifeng, Geri Allen, Marco Cornez, and Luciano Favero. After her are Pasquale Passarelli, Stacy Peralta, Tie Ning, Hubert Gardas, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, and Lizardo Garrido.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Babashoff ranks 13,495 out of 20,380. Before her are Ralph Sampson (1960), Elizabeth May (1954), Harold L. Ickes (1874), Einar Haugen (1906), Kitty Kallen (1921), and Amber Rose (1983). After her are Shelley Fabares (1944), David Lovering (1961), Bob Crosby (1913), Sonja Sohn (1964), Dale Evans (1912), and Ed Lu (1963).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Shirley Babashoff ranks 94. Before her are Melissa Belote (1956), Jerry Heidenreich (1950), Jane Barkman (1951), Leo Goodwin (1883), Keena Rothhammer (1957), and Stephen Rerych (1946). After her are Shelley Mann (1937), Pablo Morales (1964), Tim Shaw (1957), Jenny Thompson (1973), Donna de Varona (1947), and Janet Evans (1971).

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