Kathleen Ellis (born November 28, 1946) is an American former competition

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, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Ellis represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won two gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also received two bronze medals for her third-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle and women's 100-meter butterfly events.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
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Retrieved March 16, 2015. Ellis was inducted into the

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as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.

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. 1946 births Living people American female butterfly swimmers American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Swimmers from Indianapolis Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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