Julia Gray Stowers (born March 18, 1982) is an American former competition
swimmer
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and Olympic gold medalist. At the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney, Australia, Stowers earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the
women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the
University of Tennessee
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, Stowers attended the
University of Memphis
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to pursue a
J.D. degree. She is now a public defender.
Gold medal-winning state prosecutor makes a splash in Memphis
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See also
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
20 ...
* List of University of Tennessee people
The following is a list of people associated with the University of Tennessee system in all its campuses. The list does not include personnel associated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Politics and law
Education
Actors, directors, and ...
References
External links
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Julia Stowers
– University of Tennessee athlete profile at Utsports.com
1982 births
Living people
American female freestyle swimmers
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Knoxville, Tennessee
Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tennessee Volunteers women's swimmers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Public defenders
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