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Shirley Babashoff
Shirley Babashoff (born 1957), American freestyle swimmer; eight Olympic medals (2 gold, 6 silver) at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976; 11 world records; accused East German dopers, later vindicated by Stasi files.
Sippy Woodhead
Sippy Woodhead (Cynthia Lee Woodhead, later Kantzer, Brennan), American freestyle swimmer born 1964; 1978 world champion at 14, three 200m freestyle world records, 1980 boycott victim, 1984 Olympic silver medalist.
Stephanie Elkins
Stephanie Elkins, born in 1963, is a retired American freestyle swimmer who won gold in the world-record 4×100-meter relay at the 1978 World Championships and qualified for the boycotted 1980 Olympics.
Steve Genter
Steve Genter is an American former swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics days after treatment for a collapsed lung.
Wendy Boglioli
Wendy Boglioli (Wendy Lou Lansbach Boglioli, born 1955) is an American swimmer who won 1976 Montreal Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay with a world-record 3:44.82 and bronze in the 100 m butterfly.