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Jo Ann Harshbarger (born November 17, 1956) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder. Harshbarger competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, and was a silver medalist in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She set world records in the 800-meter freestyle in 1972 and 1974, and in the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1973.

Jo Harshbarger

Personal information
Full name	Jo Ann Harshbarger
National team	United States
Born	(1956-11-17) November 17, 1956 (age 65) Aurora, Illinois
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	112 lb (51 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Lake Washington Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (LC) 1973 Belgrade 800 m freestyle

See also

• List of Stanford University people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 800 metres freestyle
• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jo Harshbarger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012.

Records
Preceded by Shane Gould Jennifer Turrall	Women's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder August 6, 1972 – September 3, 1972 August 25, 1974 – March 31, 1975	Succeeded by Keena Rothhammer Jennifer Turrall
Preceded by Shane Gould	Women's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder August 25, 1973 – December 9, 1973	Succeeded by Jennifer Turrall

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