Sharon Geary is an American

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 ...

, gold winner at the

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. She competed at the

1951 Pan American Games The 1951 Pan American Games (the I Pan American Games) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where official ...

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, where she received a gold medal in ''100 m freestyle'', before

Jacqueline Lavine Jacqueline Carol LaVine (born October 4, 1929) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Sports-Refe ...

and

Ana María Schultz Ana María Schultz (born October 9, 1935) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Argentina who represented her native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. She claimed a total number of five medals at the 1951 Pan Ameri ...

."Swimming. Pan American Games. Women: 100 m Freestyle"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on 18 October 2008) She participated on the American teams that received gold medals in ''4x100 freestyle relay'', and ''4x100m medley relay'' at the 1951 Pan American Games. Geary attended

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and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female freestyle swimmers Stanford University alumni Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-swimming-bio-stub