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Deborah Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952), also known by her married name Deborah Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. Meyer won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While she was still a 16-year-old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, she became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympics, winning the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races.[1][2] Katie Ledecky is the only other female swimmer to have done the same, in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.[3]

Debbie Meyer

Personal information
Full name	Deborah Elizabeth Meyer
Nickname(s)	"Debbie"
National team	United States
Born	(1952-08-14) August 14, 1952 (age 70) Annapolis, Maryland
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Arden Hills Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 200 m freestyle 1968 Mexico City 400 m freestyle 1968 Mexico City 800 m freestyle Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 400 m freestyle 1967 Winnipeg 800 m freestyle

Meyer set world records in 200-meter, 400-meter, and 800-meter freestyle swimming events at the U.S. Olympics trials. Her winning times at the Olympic Games were 2:10.5 for the 200-meter, 4:31.8 for the 400-meter, and 9:24.0 for the 800-meter distances, all of them new or first-time Olympic records.

In 1968, the women's freestyle races at 200-meter and 800-meter distances were added to the Summer Olympics for the first time. Before this, the longest race for women was the 400-meter freestyle, despite the fact that the male competitors had had the 1,500-meter freestyle race (the metric mile) for decades, dating back to 1896.

While overcoming her problems with asthma, Meyer broke 15 world records in swimming during her career.[2][4]

Meyer broke 24 American records and won 19 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championships. In 1968, she won the James E. Sullivan Award. In 1969, she was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year. She was named Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year in 1967, 1968 and 1969. In 1972, Meyer retired from competitive swimming. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986.[5][4]

On July 5, 2004, Meyer was inducted into the American National High School Hall of Fame. Meyer uses the custom California automobile license plate "3GOLD68".

Meyer is married to Bill Weber. She owns the Debbie Meyer Swim School in Carmichael, California.[2] According to the business website, Meyer has taught swimming in the area around Sacramento, since the 1970s, and she opened her own school in 1993. Along with teaching both children and adults to be safe in the water Meyer is coaching the Truckee Tahoe Swim Team in Truckee, California.

Meyer has a daughter, son, and step-daughter.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of California, Los Angeles people
• World record progression 200 metres freestyle
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle
• World record progression 800 metres freestyle
• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

References

External links

• DebbieMeyerSwimSchool.net – Official website of Debbie Meyer Swim School at the Wayback Machine (archived May 20, 2007)
• Debbie Meyer (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived April 2, 2015)
• Debbie Meyer at Olympics.com
• Debbie Meyer at Olympic.org (archived)
• Debbie Meyer at Olympedia
• Debbie Meyer at FINA

Records
Preceded by Sharon Finneran	Women's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) July 9, 1967 – March 1, 1970	Succeeded by Karen Moras
Preceded by Patty Caretto	Women's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) July 9, 1967 – December 12, 1971	Succeeded by Shane Gould
Preceded by Pam Kruse	Women's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) July 27, 1967 – April 30, 1971	Succeeded by Karen Moras
Preceded by Linda Gustavson	Women's 200-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 24, 1968 – May 1, 1971	Succeeded by Shane Gould
Awards
Preceded by Claudia Kolb	Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year 1967, 1968, 1969	Succeeded by Alice Jones
Preceded by Peggy Fleming	Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1969	Succeeded by Chi Cheng
Preceded by Randy Matson	James E. Sullivan Award 1968	Succeeded by Bill Toomey

На других языках

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- [en] Debbie Meyer

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[it] Debbie Meyer

Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, conosciuta come Debbie (Annapolis, 14 agosto 1952) è un'ex nuotatrice statunitense.

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[ru] Мейер, Дебби

Дебора Элизабет Мейер (англ. Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, в браке Вебер, англ. Weber; род. 14 августа 1952, Аннаполис, Мэриленд, США) — американская пловчиха, трёхкратная чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр 1968 года, двукратная чемпионка Панамериканских игр 1967 года[1][2].

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