Deborah Babashoff
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||
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1970 Whittier, California | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Mission Viejo | |||||||||||||||
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Deborah "Debbie" Babashoff (born 1970) is an American former swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships.[1] Next year she won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the same event, and in 1989 a national title in the 1500 m freestyle.[2]
Debbie was born to Vera and Jack Babashoff in Whittier, California. Her father had been a swimming instructor in Hawaii and always wanted his own children to become Olympians.[3] Both of her parents is a second-generation Russian American.[4][5] Her elder sister Shirley (b. 1957) and elder brothers Jack, Jr., (b. 1955) and Bill (b. 1959) are also former swimmers who competed at the international level.[2][6]
References
- ↑ Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paula Edelson (1 January 2002). A to Z of American Women in Sports. Infobase Publishing. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0789-9. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Babashoff, Shirley. Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures (January 1, 2002).
- ↑ Vera John Slevkoff Babashoff
- ↑ Babashoff, Shirley. Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures (January 1, 2002).
- ↑ Kristin Hardeman (April 23, 1988). HIGH LIFE : In the Family Swim : Babashoff Hopes to Follow Siblings to Olympic Stardom. Los Angeles Times