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Full name | Kathleen Ellis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Kathy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Indianapolis, Indiana | November 28, 1946||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Riviera Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kathleen Ellis (born November 28, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, 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. [1]
Ellis was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991. [2]
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