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Kathleen Ellis (born November 28, 1946) 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 ...
, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Ellis represented the United States as a 17-year-old 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, Japan. She won two gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also received two bronze medals for her third-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle and women's 100-meter butterfly events.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Kathy Ellis
Retrieved March 16, 2015.
Ellis was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.


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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ...
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) *
World record progression 100 metres butterfly The first world record in the 100 metres butterfly in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1957, for both men and women. In the short-course (25 metres) swimming events, t ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ...
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay


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Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Donna deVarona and Kathy Ellis, California, 1964.
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library The Charles E. Young Research Library is one of the largest libraries on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. It initially opened in 1964, and a second phase of construction was completed ...
, University of California, Los Angeles. 1946 births Living people American female butterfly swimmers American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Swimmers from Indianapolis Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub