Judith Anne Reeder (born August 17, 1948) is an American former competition

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. Reeder was born in

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Judy Reeder
Retrieved October 14, 2012. She trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club in

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George Haines George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a swimmer and swimming coach who coached at the Santa Clara Swim Club, Stanford University and UCLA. He also coached for seven U.S. Olympic swim teams. He was inducted into the In ...

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Young, Eager, Unbeatable
" ''St. Petersburg Times'', p. 3-C (September 4, 1964). Retrieved October 22, 2012. As a 16-year-old, Reeder represented the United States at the

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. She swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay,Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports
United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games
Retrieved October 20, 2012. but did not receive a medal. Under the 1964 international swimming rules, only those relay swimmers who competed in the event final were eligible to receive medals.

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* 1948 births Living people American female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Sportspeople from Pueblo, Colorado Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-swimming-bio-stub