An Olympic Silver Medalist In the Pool, Katie Grimes Finishes Top 15 In The Marathon Swim
Marathon swimmers face all sorts of conditions. In Paris, the open-water swimmers faced a mean current.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
62
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Education
Harpeth Hall School (Nashville, Tenn.) University of Florida
Personal
Began swimming at age 8...Was able to bend her knees backwards, which gave her a powerful dolphin-like kick in the water...Won her first national title at age 14...Became the youngest recipient selected for the James E. Sullivan Award, earning the title less than a month after turning 16...Earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Florida...Her alma mater created a Swimming scholarship in her name for Florida’s best female swimmer...Resides in Brisbane, Australia, with her family, where she was an executive officer for the Australian Academy of Sport and served as president of Womensport Queensland...Married swimmer Mark Stockwell...Mother to three children, Emily, Maddison and William.Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (3 gold)
- Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, gold (200m Individual Medley - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women, 400m Individual Medley - Women), 4th (100m Breaststroke - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 1982 – silver (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women), bronze (200m Individual Medley - Women, 400m Individual Medley - Women), 6th (200m Backstroke - Women)
- Years of participation: 200m Backstroke - Women 1982; 200m Individual Medley - Women 1978, 1982; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women 1978, 1982; 400m Individual Medley - Women 1978, 1982; 100m Breaststroke - Women 1978; 200m Butterfly - Women 1978; 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women 1978
- Medals: 9 (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
- Gold – 1978 (200m Butterfly - Women, 200m Individual Medley - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women, 400m Individual Medley - Women)
- Silver – 1982 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women); 1978 (100m Breaststroke - Women)
- Bronze – 1982 (200m Individual Medley - Women, 400m Individual Medley - Women)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
Tracy Caulkins is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holder in three swimming events. Born in Winona, Minnesota, she won 48 national championships throughout her career and set American records in all four strokes, as well as in the individual medley events. She burst onto the scene at age 15, winning five gold medals and the silver medal at the 1978 World Championships in West Berlin and received the James E. Sullivan Award for the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete. She was the youngest recipient of the award in its storied history. At the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, Caulkins served as the captain of the U.S. women’s swim team. She won three gold medals at the Games, two in the same day. After the Games, Caulkins announced her retirement from Swimming, and graduated from the University of Florida while forgoing her senior year of eligibility. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1990.
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