Shirley Stobs

Shirley Anne Stobs (born May 20, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with her teammates Joan Spillane, Carolyn Wood and Chris von Saltza. She and her relay teammates set a new world record of 4:08.9 in the event final.[1]

Shirley Stobs

Personal information
Full name	Shirley Anne Stobs
National team	United States
Born	May 20, 1942 Miami, Florida
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	123 lb (56 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Miami Shores Country Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 4×100 m freestyle 1959 Chicago 200 m freestyle

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

References

1. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)

External links

• Shirley Stobs at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)