Debbie Meyer

Debbie Meyer 2018

Deborah "Debbie" Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952 in Annapolis , Maryland ) is a former American swimmer .

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , she became the first woman to become Olympic champion over three individual distances at the same Olympic Games. She won gold in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle , each with an Olympic record. In 1969 she was honored with the Associated Press' Athlete of the Year award .

In 1972 she ended her career and opened a swimming school. In her career she set 20 world records . In 1977 she was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

literature

• Debbie Meyer , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 45/1969 of October 27, 1969, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

• Debbie Meyer in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
• Short biography of Debbie Meyer ( memento from January 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at Hickok Sports (English)
• Debbie Meyer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )