sport.wikisort.org - AthleteMary Terstegge Meagher Plant (born October 27, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. In 1981 she bettered her own existing world records in the 100-meter butterfly (57.93) and 200-meter butterfly (2:05.96). These times would stand as the respective world records for 18 and 19 years, and are considered to be among the greatest sports performances ever.[3]
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
Mary T. Meagher
 Meagher in 1984 |
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Full name | Mary Terstegge Meagher |
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Nickname(s) | "Mary T.", "Madam Butterfly"[1] |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1964-10-27) October 27, 1964 (age 58) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.[2] |
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
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Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle |
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College team | University of California, Berkeley |
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Early life
Meagher is the daughter of two-time Notre Dame basketball letterman James L. Meagher. She was a competitive athlete from an early age. At the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she set her first world record—at the age of 14—in the 200-meter butterfly. "When she was a teenager, Mary showed no weaknesses," reflected Dennis Pursley, one of her early coaches. "Every athlete I've ever known had some form of weakness, be it in terms of motivation, technique or physical attributes, but Mary was the exception."[4] She graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy high school in Louisville, Kentucky, alongside her sister, future U.S. Representative Anne Northup.
1980 Boycott and on
Meagher was expected to compete for medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. However, Meagher, along with the rest of the United States Olympic team, never got her chance due to the American-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
However, in 1981 Meagher gave one of the most memorable performances in competitive swimming at the U.S. Swimming National Championships held in Brown Deer, Wisconsin in 1981. At the meet, Meagher set world records in both the 200-meter and 100-meter butterfly, the two primary distances at which the butterfly is contested in competitive swimming. The times for both records were considered astonishing, especially the record of 57.93 seconds that Meagher set in the 100-meters—a drop of over a second. Both times would stand as the world records for nearly two decades: American swimmer Jenny Thompson lowered the 100-meter record in 1999, while Susie O'Neill of Australia set the record in the 200-meter a year later. Some have argued that Meagher's records in the butterfly were among the most impressive records ever set in sport, let alone swimming, ranking among such noteworthy records as Bob Beamon's long jump world record in 1968. These two swims led Meagher to being named Female World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine, which she again won in 1985.
Meagher attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she swam for the California Golden Bears swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition. She received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving twice, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1984–85 and again in 1986–87.[5][6] In 1987, she also won the Honda Broderick Cup as the nation's top female collegiate athlete.[7][8] She graduated from the University of California in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Meagher won gold medals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly races, along with another gold by swimming the butterfly leg of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay for the winning U.S. team in the event final. Returning to compete at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Meagher won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly. By the time she left competitive swimming, Meagher had won 24 U.S. national swimming titles.
Personal life
Meagher was the 10th of 11 siblings.[4] She married former speed skater Mike Plant. They now live in Peachtree City, Georgia, with their two children, Maddie and Drew. Mike Plant's brother and Meagher's brother-in-law, Tom Plant, was also a speed skater and Olympian. Meagher's older sister Anne Meagher Northup served as a US Congresswoman.[2]
In Louisville a swimming complex is named for Meagher, and a street is named in her honor in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of California, Berkeley alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
References
- "Mary T. Meagher (USA) – 1993 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mary T. Meagher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- "CNNSI.com's 100 Greatest Women Athletes". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
- "Mary T. MEAGHER - Olympic Swimming | United States of America". International Olympic Committee. January 18, 2017. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- "Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving". CollegiateWomenSportsAwards.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- "BACK IN THE SWIM : Mary T. Meagher Resumes Her Pursuit of Olympic Medals". Los Angeles Times. January 19, 1988. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- "Mary T. Meagher (1992) - California Athletics Hall of Fame". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- "Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)". CollegiateWomenSportsAwards.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
External links
Records |
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Women's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder April 11, 1980 – August 23, 1999 |
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Women's 200-meter butterfly world record-holder July 7, 1979 – May 17, 2000 |
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Awards |
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Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year 1981 |
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Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year 1985 |
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Swimming World American Swimmer of the Year 1985 |
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1980 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Women's Team | |
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Coaches |
- Paul Bergen
- Don Gambril
- George Haines
- Dennis Pursley
- Randy Reese
- Mark Schubert
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1984 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Women's Team | |
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1988 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Men's Team | | |
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Women's Team | |
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 Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly |
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 Olympic champions in women's 200 m butterfly |
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 Olympic champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
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- 1960:
Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza (USA)
- 1964:
Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette, Sharon Stouder, Kathy Ellis (USA)
- 1968:
Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Susan Pedersen (USA)
- 1972:
Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson (USA)
- 1976:
Ulrike Richter, Hannelore Anke, Kornelia Ender, Andrea Pollack (GDR)
- 1980:
Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck (GDR)
- 1984:
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead (USA)
- 1988:
Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang, Katrin Meissner (GDR)
- 1992:
Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Jenny Thompson, Janie Wagstaff, Megan Kleine, Summer Sanders, Nicole Haislett (USA)
- 1996:
Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Whitney Hedgepeth, Kristine Quance, Jenny Thompson (USA)
- 2000:
Barbara Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Ashley Tappin, Amy Van Dyken, Staciana Stitts (USA)
- 2004:
Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper, Alice Mills (AUS)
- 2008:
Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez, Shayne Reese (AUS)
- 2012:
Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, Rachel Bootsma, Breeja Larson, Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy (USA)
- 2016:
Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel, Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell, Abbey Weitzeil (USA)
- 2020:
Cate Campbell, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O'Callaghan, Emily Seebohm, Brianna Throssell (AUS)
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World long-course champions in women's 100 m butterfly |
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World long-course champions in women's 200 m butterfly |
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly |
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 200 m Butterfly |
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay |
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- 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1985: United States: (Zemina, Shupe, O'Leary, Meagher)
- 1987: United States: (O'Leary, Meyers, Kriegsman, Kremer)
- 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1993: Canada: Unknown
- 1995: United States: (Haag, Jacob, Taormina, Anderson)
- 1997: United States: (Thies, Black, Jesperson, Haag)
- 1999: United States: (Owen, Black, Kilian, Zimbone)
- 2001: United States: (Tolar, Komisarz, Williams, Black)
- 2003: China: (Xu, Qi, Chen, Pang)
- 2005: United States: (Medina, Hill, Chandler, Retrum)
- 2007: United States: (Dwelley, Reilly, Smith, Sandeno)
- 2009: United States: (Scroggy, Ohlgren, Nauta, Heiss)
- 2011: United States: (Bispo, Nauta, Dwelley, Romano)
- 2013: United States: (Murez, Henry, Chenault, Romano)
- 2015: United States: (Chenault, Flickinger, Smith, Vreeland)
- 2017: Russia: (Guzhenkova, Salamatina, Baklakova, Openysheva)
- 2019: United States: (Meitz, Madden, Rasmus, DeLoof)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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- 1959: Italy: Unknown
- 1961: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1963: Hungary: Unknown
- 1965: Hungary: Unknown
- 1967: USA: (Moore, Goyette, Randall, Gustavson)
- 1970: USA: (Hall, Kurtz, Colella, McCuen)
- 1973: USA: (Tullis, Arr, Arden, Tuttle)
- 1977: USA: (McCully, Tasnady, Harrell, Hinderaker)
- 1979: USA: (Breedy, Hegel, Rapp, Caulkins)
- 1981: USA: (Carlisle, Waters, Sterkel, Major)
- 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1985: USA: (Donahue, Smith, Meagher, Johnson)
- 1987: USA: (O'Brien, Rhodenbaugh, Eyles, Berzins)
- 1991: USA: (Bedford, Hedman, Morgan, Stoudt)
- 1993: USA: (Humphrey, Heisick, Depold, Perroni)
- 1995: USA: (Heydanek, King Bednar, Campbell, Edwards)
- 1997: Japan: (Inada, Tanaka, Onishi, Yamanoi)
- 1999: Japan: (Inada, Nakashima, Hagiwara, Imoto)
- 2001: PR China: Unknown
- 2003: PR China: (Zhan, Luo, Xu, Pang)
- 2005: USA: (McGregory, Jendrick, Christianson, Correia)
- 2007: Japan: (Terakawa, Tamura, Kato, Urabe)
- 2009: USA: (Rogers, Freeman, Sims, Kennedy)
- 2011: PR China: (Gao, Sun, Lu, Tang)
- 2013: Russia: (Zuyeva, Yefimova, Popova, Andreyeva)
- 2015: Italy: (Zofkova, Scarcella, Di Liddo, Letrari)
- 2017: Japan: (Konishi, Watanabe, Hirayama, Igarashi)
- 2019: USA: (Berkoff, Escobedo, Luther, DeLoof)
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Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m butterfly |
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Pan Pacific Champions in Women's 100 m Butterfly |
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Pan Pacific Champions in Women's 200 m Butterfly |
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Kentucky Women Remembered |
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- Lilialyce Akers
- Sophia Alcorn
- Mary Willie Arvin
- Hannah Hume Baird
- Nelda Lambert Barton-Collings
- Anne Braden
- Carolyn Bratt
- Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
- Mary Carson Breckinridge
- Sally Shallenberger Brown
- Willa Beatrice Brown
- Claire Louise Caudill
- Anna Mac Clarke
- Laura Clay
- Rosemary Clooney
- Martha Layne Collins
- Jane Todd Crawford
- Emma Guy Cromwell
- Dolores Delahanty
- Alice Allison Dunnigan
- Mary Elliott Flanery
- Lois Howard Gray
- Mary Peterson Gregg
- Eula Hall
- Josephine Henry
- Allie Hixson
- Julia Britton Hooks
- Nelle Pitcock Horlander
- Marie Caldwell Humphries
- Louise Gilman Hutchins
- Margaret Ingels
- Grace Marilynn James
- Mae Street Kidd
- Katherine G. Langley
- Lucille Caudill Little
- Crit Luallen
- Loretta Lynn
- Michael Leo Mullaney
- Jacqueline Noonan
- Beula Cornelius Aspley Nunn
- Clara Sanford Oldham
- Judi Patton
- Katherine Graham Peden
- Mary T. Meagher Plant
- Georgia Davis Powers
- Lillian Henken Press
- Sarah Frances Price
- Lyda Ramey
- Sarah Felt Richardson
- Joan Riehm
- Jean Ritchie
- Verna Mae Slone
- Lucy Harth Smith
- Catherine Spalding
- Louise Southgate
- Ann Stokes
- Thelma Stovall
- Carol Sutton
- Caroline Burnam Taylor
- Julia Ann Hieronymus Tevis
- Jeannette Bell Thomas
- Harriet Drury Van Meter
- Delia Webster
- Myrtle Weldon
- Judy Moberly West
- Mary Eugenia Wharton
- Esther Whitley
- Doris Y. Wilkinson
- Enid Yandell
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Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year winners |
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Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant (Louisville, 27 ottobre 1964) è un'ex nuotatrice statunitense.
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