About Debbie Meyer
Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, also known by her married name Deborah Meyer Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a 1968 three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in five freestyle events: 200, 400, 800, and 1500 meters, and 880yd freestyle. With strong contributions by Meyer, Coach Sherm Chavoor's 1968 U.S. women's Olympic team won ten of a possible fifteen gold medals, eight silver of a possible twelve, and eight bronze of a possible twelve. Katie Ledecky is the only other female swimmer to have won all three events, in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. In 1968, the women's freestyle races at 200-meter and 800-meter distances were added to the Summer Olympics for the first time, giving Meyer, a freestyle specialist, two new events where she could dominate the competition. Demonstrating unusual dominance in freestyle distance, Meyer set world records in the 200-meter and 800-meter freestyle swimming events at the 1968 U.S.
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