Martha Randall
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martha Irene Randall | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | ||||||||||||
| Born |
June 12, 1948 Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Individual medley | ||||||||||||
| Club | Vesper Boat Club | ||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||
Martha Irene Randall (born June 12, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
As a 16-year-old, Randall competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She received a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 400-meter individual medley, finishing in 5:24.2.[1] The U.S. women's team swept the 400-meter event with Randall's fellow American teammates, Donna de Varona and Sharon Finneran, who finished first and second.[2]
Randall helped set a new world record time of 4:34.6 in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay as a member of a U.S. team that included Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette and Kathy Ellis on September 28, 1964. The record was broken twenty days later by another U.S. team at the 1964 Olympics.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Martha Randall. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley Final. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
External links
- Martha Randall – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
| |||||||||||||
