Catherine Mai Lan Fox

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Olympic medal record
Women's swimming
Gold 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m freestyle relay
Gold 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley relay

Catherine Mai Lan Fox (born 1977) was an Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals in swimming at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

She is of Vietnamese and American ethnicity, with her father Thomas C. Fox, working in Vietnam for the International Voluntary Services from 1966 to 1968. It was there that he met Catherine's mother, To Kim Hoa, a social worker in Can Tho who married Mr. Fox and moved to the United States in 1972.

Catherine Mai Lan Fox grew up in Kansas and graduated from Stanford University, majoring in human biology and studio art. She was a top female swimmer at Stanford and she set an American record in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1999 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships.

Fox won two gold medals in 1996 in relay races as a member of the American team, when she qualified in the 100 free.

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