Deborah Babashoff (born 1970) is an American former competition swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships.[1] Next year she won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the same event, and in 1989 a national title in the 1500-meter freestyle.[2]
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Full name | Deborah Babashoff | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Debbie" | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1970 Whittier, California | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mission Viejo Nadadores | |||||||||||||||||||
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Debbie was born to Vera and Jack Babashoff in Whittier, California. Her father had been a swimming instructor in Hawaii and always wanted his own children to become Olympians.[3] Both of her parents is a second-generation Russian American.[3]
Her older sister Shirley (b. 1957) and older brothers Jack, Jr., (b. 1955) and Bill (b. 1959) were also swimmers who competed internationally.[2][4]
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