Barbara Stark Explained

Barbara Stark
Fullname:	Barbara Lynn Stark
Strokes:	Backstroke
Club:	Berkeley Swim Club
Birth Date:	July 6, 1937
Birth Place:	Berkeley, California

Barbara Lynn Stark (born July 6, 1937), also known by her married name Barbara Jordan, is an American former competition swimmer. Stark represented the United States as a 15-year-old at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.^[1] She competed in the women's 100-meter backstroke, advanced to the event final, and finished fifth with a time of 1:16.2.^{[1] [2]}

Her son, Hartwell Jordan, competed in sailing (Soling) at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.^[3]

Her nephew, Jonathan Stark, is a former professional tennis player.^[4]

External links

• Barbara Stark. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115511/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/barbara-stark-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .

Notes and References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Barbara Stark. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Backstroke Final. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
3. Olympedia.org, Hartwell Jordan, http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/92983 Retrieved November 7, 2022.
4. LA84 Foundation Olympic Oral History Collection, Barbara Stark Jordan, https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll11/id/683/