Heather Greenwood
American former freestyle swimmer (born 1958)
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Born | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ron Greenwood (father) Gene Stephens[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Greenwood Harper (born c. 1958) is an American former freestyle swimmer. She won one gold and three silver medals at the world championships in 1973 and 1975, and set a world record over 400 m in 1974.[1]
In 1975 Greenwood enrolled to the University of Southern California, following her brother Mark, who was also a competitive swimmer. She retired from competitions after failing to qualify for the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
See also
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b c Heather Greenwood Harper. fresnoahof.org
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Preceded by Keena Rothhammer | Women's 400 metres freestyle world record-holder (long course) 28 June 1974 – 22 August 1974 | Succeeded by Shirley Babashoff |
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World long-course champions in women's 400 m freestyle
- 1973: Heather Greenwood (USA)
- 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA)
- 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS)
- 1982: Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
- 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991: Janet Evans (USA)
- 1994: Yang Aihua (CHN)
- 1998: Chen Yan (CHN)
- 2001: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2003: Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
- 2005: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2011: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2013: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2015: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2022: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2023: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024: Erika Fairweather (NZL)