Deena Deardurff Schmidt

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Deena Diane Deardurff Schmidt (born May 8, 1957 in Cincinnati as Deena Diane Deardurff) is an American swimmer .

Athletic career

Dena Diane Deardurff was a member of the Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins swim team. In 1971 she won the 100-meter butterfly swim at the Pan American Games and the two swimming titles of the Amateur Athletic Union . She finished fourth in the 1972 Olympic Games in the 100-meter butterfly swim. In the 4 × 100-meter medley , she became the youngest Olympic champion at the age of 15 and 114 days, and together with her team set a new record. At the swimming world championships in 1973 , she and her team won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

After her marriage to Robert Schmidt, she became a swimming team trainer and continued to take part in competitions. From 1994 to 2007 she was a trainer at San Diego State University . When the university's teaching pool was closed in 2000, it fought for years for a new pool, which was finally inaugurated in 2007. At the time, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After her contract was not renewed, she sued the school for discrimination . She agreed with the university on $ 1.45 million in compensation.

In 2008 she was named Susan G. Komen ’s 2008 Honorary Breast Cancer Survivor, appeared in the Race for the Cure and as a spokesperson for Susan G. Komen for the Cure .

In 2010, she stated on ABC that she was sexually assaulted in the 1960s . In fact, she tried to get her abuse case public in the 1980s and most recently in 2005 when her coach was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame, but was dismissed each time by the Swimming Association. Though not giving the name, the press drew conclusions and found it was Paul Bergen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ For the record . (pdf) In: Swimming World Magazine . October 1973, p. 73. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Brent Schrotenboer: SDSU, ex-swim coach reach $ 1.45 million settlement. UTS and San Diego, September 26, 2008; accessed February 17, 2014 .
  3. ↑ JJ Hall: Deena Deardurff Schmidt profiles. San Diego Magazine, accessed February 17, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Brooke Donald: US Swim Team Sex Abuse: Deena Deardurff Schmidt Speaks Out. Huffington Post , March 19, 2010; archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 17, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Successor to Paul Bergen - Molester of Olympic Gold Medalist Deena Deardurff Schmidt - Is Newest Addition to USA Swimming's Banned List. concussioninc.net, February 17, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Deardurff Schmidt, Deena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deardurff Schmidt, Deena Diane (full name); Diane, Deena (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati