Sharon Marie Stouder (November 9, 1948 – June 23, 2013), also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition

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, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.Braden Keith,
Queen of 1964 Olympics Sharon Stouder Passes Away at 64
" SwimSwam.com (July 10, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015. As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Sharon Stouder
Retrieved October 16, 2012. 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

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, 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

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in 1972. Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old. Former resident Sharon Stouder Clark set the bar for female Olympians
" ''Los Altos Town Crier'' (July 24, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.

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Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Cathy Ferguson, Sharon Stouder and Claudia Kolb at LA Swim Stadium, California, 1964.

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