About Shirley Babashoff
Shirley Frances Babashoff (born January 31, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events. Babashoff set six world records and earned a total of nine Olympic medals in her career. She won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and she won the 1975 world championship in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. During her career, she set 37 national records (17 individual and 20 relay) and for some time held all national freestyle records from the 100-meter to 800-meter events. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she won golds in the 4x100 meter freestyle and medley relay and silver medals in the 100 meter and 200 meter individual freestyle events. Shirley attended meets from an early age, and under Darr, she began to set age group records. During her career, she set 37 national records and for some time held all national freestyle records from the 100-meter to 800-meter event.
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