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Donna de Varona
b. 4-26-1947; San Diego, CA
De Varona was the youngest swimmer to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in the 400-meter individual medley and as a member of the 400-meter freestyle relay in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
She signed a contract with ABC in 1965 at age 18, becoming one of the first female sportscasters.
FYI ~ her younger sister is actress/director Joanna Kerns, who played Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains.
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Charlotte “Lottie” Dod
b. 9-24-1871; Chesire, England
d. 6-27-1960; England
Lottie Dod is best remembered as a tennis player - she was Womens' Singles Champion five times, the first time when she was fifteen in 1887. She also played golf, field hockey and won a silver Olympic medal in archery (1908).
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Gertrude Ederle
b. 10-29-1905; New York City
d. 11-30-2003; Wyckoff, New Jersey
Gertrude Ederle, the daughter of German immigrants was the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1926. She also was a gold and bronze medalist in the 1924 Summer games.
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Teresa Edwards
b. 7-19-1964; Cairo, Georgia
Basketball player and coach Teresa Edwards was placed as 22nd of the “100 Greatest Female Athletes of the 20th Century” by Sports Illustrated magazine.
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Peggy Fleming
b. 7-27-1948; San Jose, CA
Peggy Fleming is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968). She has been a television commentator on figure skating for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic Games.
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