Shane Gould

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Competitor for Australia
Olympic medalist
Shane Gould
Medal record
Women’s Swimming
Gold	1972 Munich	200 m individual medley
Gold	1972 Munich	400 m freestyle
Gold	1972 Munich	200 m freestyle
Silver	1972 Munich	800 m freestyle
Bronze	1972 Munich	100 m freestyle

Shane Gould (born November 23, 1956) is an Australian former swimmer who won three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics. Subsequently, she retired at age 16.

[edit] Biography

Born in Sydney, Australia, Shane Gould moved to Fiji with her family at the age of 18 months. By the age of six she was a competent swimmer. She was trained by leading coaches Forbes and Ursula Carlile and their assistant Tom Green.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, Gould won three gold medals, setting a world record in each race. She also won a bronze and a silver medal.

At the age of 16, she retired from professional swimming.

She is the only person, male or female, to hold every world freestyle record from 100 m to 1500 m simultaneously, and the first female swimmer ever to win three Olympic gold medals in world record time.

She was one of the bearers of the Olympic Torch at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She carried the Olympic Torch at the stadium, as one of the runners for the final segment, before the lighting of the Olympic Flame.

[edit] Other achievements

1971 Best Sportswoman in the World
1971 ABC Sportswoman of the Year
1972 ABC Sportswoman of the Year
1972 Australian of the Year
1981 Order of the British Empire
1994 Olympic Order
1995 Legend of Australian Sport

[edit] External links

Official Shane Gould Website
Swimming Australia profile for Shane Gould

Preceded by Evonne Goolagong	Australian of the Year 1972	Succeeded by Patrick White

Olympic champions in women's 200 m individual medley
1968: Claudia Kolb \| 1972: Shane Gould \| 1984: Tracy Caulkins \| 1988: Daniela Hunger \| 1992: Li Lin \| 1996: Michelle Smith \| 2000: Yana Klochkova \| 2004: Yana Klochkova

Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle
1968: Debbie Meyer \| 1972: Shane Gould \| 1976: Kornelia Ender \| 1980: Barbara Krause \| 1984: Mary Waite \| 1988: Heike Friedrich \| 1992: Nicole Haislett \| 1996: Claudia Poll \| 2000: Susie O'Neill \| 2004: Camelia Potec