Sharon Stouder

Sharon Stouder

Sharon Stouder in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Sharon Marie Stouder
National team	United States
Born	(1948-11-09)November 9, 1948 Altadena, California
Died	June 23, 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 64)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	Commerce Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 4×100 m freestyle 1963 São Paulo 4×100 m medley

Sharon Marie Stouder (November 9, 1948 – June 23, 2013), also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.

As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, and was a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. She also took second place in the women's 100-meter freestyle, finishing behind Australian Dawn Fraser, for a total of four medals.

Stouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 1964 Olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly.

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972. Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old. She was survived by her son and daughter.