Sandra Neilson

Sandra Neilson

Personal information

Full name

Sandra Lynn Neilson Bell

Nickname(s)

"Sandy"

Nationality

Born

March 20, 1956 (age 55)
Burbank, California

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Sport

Sport

Swimming

Club

El Monte Aquatic Club

Medal record

Women’s swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Munich	100 m freestyle
Gold	1972 Munich	4x100 m freestyle
Gold	1972 Munich	4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold	1971 Cali	100 m freestyle
Gold	1971 Cali	4x100 m freestyle

Sandra ("Sandy") Neilson-Bell (born March 20, 1956 in Burbank, California)^[1] Sandra Neilson set a CIFSS record in 1972 for Freestyle 50 yards and also in Free Style 100 yards for El Monte High School. She is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won three golden medals as a 16-year old at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. One of those golden medals came in the 100m Freestyle, where Neilson defeated favorites Shane Gould from Australia and her USA teammate Shirley Babashoff.

In 1986 she was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[2]

References

^ Neilson's entry from www.sports-reference.com.
^ Neilson bio from the International Swimming Hall of Fame website (www.ishof.org).

Article on Neilson-Bell from U.S. Masters Swimming; published 2000-12-29, retrieved 2009-07-04.

Olympic Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

1912: Fanny Durack
1920: Ethelda Bleibtrey
1924: Ethel Lackie
1928: Albina Osipowich
1932: Helene Madison
1936: Rie Mastenbroek
1948: Greta Andersen
1952: Katalin Szőke
1956: Dawn Fraser
1960: Dawn Fraser
1964: Dawn Fraser
1968: Jan Henne
1972: Sandra Neilson
1976: Kornelia Ender
1980: Barbara Krause
1984: Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer
1988: Kristin Otto
1992: Zhuang Yong
1996: Le Jingyi
2000: Inge de Bruijn
2004: Jodie Henry
2008: Britta Steffen

Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1912: Great Britain (Moore, Fletcher, Speirs, Steer)
1920: USA (Woodridge, Schroth, Guest, Bleibtrey)
1924: USA (Donnelly, Ederle, Lackie, Wehselau)
1928: USA (Lambert, Osipowich, Saville, Norelius)
1932: USA (Helen Johns, Saville, McKim, Madison)
1936: Netherlands (Selbach, Wagner, Den Ouden, Mastenbroek)
1948: USA (Corridon, Kalama, Helser, Curtis)
1952: Hungary (I. Novák, Temes, E. Novák, Szőke)
1956: Australia (Fraser, Leech, Morgan, Crapp)
1960: USA (Spillane, Stobs, Wood, von Saltza)
1964: USA (Stouder, de Varona, Watson, Ellis)
1968: USA (Barkman, Gustavson, Pedersen, Henne)
1972: USA (Babashoff, Barkman, Kemp, Neilson)
1976: USA (Peyton, Sterkel, Babashoff, Boglioli)
1980: East Germany (Krause, Metschuck, Diers, Hülsenbeck)
1984: USA (Johnson, Steinseifer, Torres, Hogshead)
1988: East Germany (Otto, Meißner, Hunger, Stellmach)
1992: USA (Haislett, Martino, Thompson, Torres)
1996: USA (Martino, Van Dyken, Fox, Thompson)
2000: USA (Van Dyken, Shealy, Thompson, Torres)
2004: Australia (Mills, Lenton, Thomas, Henry)
2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)

Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza)
1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis)
1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen)
1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson)
1976: East Germany (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack)
1980: East Germany (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck)
1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead)
1988: East Germany (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner)
1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson)
1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken)
2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres)
2004: Australia (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry)
2008: Australia (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)

Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

1951: Sharon Geary 1955: Helen Stewart 1959: Chris von Saltza 1963: Terri Stickles 1967: Erika Bricker 1971: Sandra Neilson 1975: Kim Peyton 1979: Cynthia Woodhead 1983: Carrie Steinseifer 1987: Silvia Poll Ahrens 1991: Ashley Tappin 1995: Angel Martino 1999: Laura Nicholls 2003: Courtney Shealy 2007: Arlene Semeco 2011: Amanda Kendall

Pan American Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1951: United States (Green, Geary, LaVine, Mullen)
1955: United States (Werner, Green, Kluter, Roberts)
1959: United States (Botkin, Spillane, Stobs, Von Saltza)
1963: United States (De Varona, Stouder, McCleary, Norton)
1967: United States (Fordyce, Carpinelli, Gustavson, Kruse)
1971: United States (Neilson, Fordyce, McKitrick, Skrifvars)
1975: United States (Heddy, Brown, Sterkel, Peyton)
1979: United States (Elkins, Caulkins, Sterkel, Woodhead)
1983: United States (Sterkel, Torres, Wayte, Steinseifer)
1987: United States (Coffin, Thompson, Linke, Steinseifer)
1991: United States (Oesting, Buckovich, Jacob, Tappin)
1995: United States (Martino, Van Dyken, Farella, Teuscher)
1999: Canada (Deglau, Limpert, Evanetz, Nicholls)
2003: United States (Weir, Swindle, Lanne, Shealy)
2007: United States (Smit, Woodward, Kukors, Correia)
2011: United States (Kennedy, Pelton, Kendall, Erndl)