Dana Jayne Shrader (born July 10, 1956) is an American Olympian former competition
swimmer
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Shrader represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in Munich, Germany. She swam the butterfly leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the
women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but was ineligible to receive a medal under the 1972 rules because she did not swim in the event final. Individually, she also competed in the
women's 100-meter butterfly and finished fifth in the final with a time of 1:03.98. All 5 top finishers broke the world and Olympic record.
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Dana Shrader
Retrieved October 20, 2012.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
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List of University of Arizona people
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References
1956 births
Living people
American female butterfly swimmers
Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the United States
People from Lynwood, California
Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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