Susan Walsh (born 1962), also known by her married name Susan Stankavage, 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 ...
who won two medals at the
1982 World Aquatics Championships
The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines:
*Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female);
*Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 ...
. She qualified for the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in the 100-meter backstroke, but could not compete because of their United States-led boycott of the Soviet-hosted games. She was 0.01 seconds short of qualifying for the 1984 Olympics in the same event.
Biography
Walsh was born in
Hamburg, New York
Hamburg is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 56,936. It is named after the city of Hamburg, Germany. The town is on the western border of the county and is south of Buffalo. Ham ...
, as the youngest of five children and started swimming because of her father Bob, a swimming official. She graduated from the Mount Mercy Academy and then from the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
(1984), with a degree in business administration and accounting. In 1987 she became assistant swimming coach and in February 1989 started working at the Educational Foundation, better known as the Rams Club.
In 2003, she was inducted to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. In the 2000s, she was still competing in swimming in the masters category. In 2007, she set six world records in the 45–49 age group at the 2007 United States Master's Swimming Championships.
Family
She was married to
Scott Stankavage
Scott Stankavage (born July 5, 1962) is a retired American football quarterback. He played his high school football at Central Bucks High School East in Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania, his college football at North Carolina, and his professio ...
, a former American football
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
, from 1986 to 1997. They had three children: Sarah and Shelby are swimmers, and Shawn plays football.
See also
*
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022.
Medalists
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
50 metre freestyle
*Medals:
100 me ...