Erika Eloise Bricker (born May 23, 1949), also known by her married name Erika Holderith, is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

gold medalist. At the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo, Bricker represented the United States as a 15-year-old. She swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, but did not receive a medal.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Erika Bricker
. Retrieved October 15, 2012. Under the rules in effect in 1964, only those relay swimmers who competed in the event final were eligible to receive medals. She also competed in the

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

in Winnipeg, where she received a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, edging

Marion Lay Marion Beverly Lay, (born November 26, 1948) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics. Swimming the anchor leg for Canada's third-place team in the women's 4x100-metre freesty ...

and

Lillian Watson Lillian Debra Watson (born July 11, 1950), commonly known by her nickname Pokey Watson, and later by her married name Lillian Richardson, is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in thr ...

in the event final."Swimming. Pan American Games. Women: 100 m Freestyle"
– ''sports123.com''. Retrieved October 19, 2008.

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* 1949 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States People from Woodland, California Sportspeople from Yolo County, California Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming 20th-century American women {{US-swimming-bio-stub