Carolyn Schuler | |
Fullname: | Carolyn Jane Schuler |
National Team: | United States |
Strokes: | Butterfly |
Club: | Berkeley YMCA |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1943 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Height: | 5feet |
Weight: | 139lb |
Carolyn Jane Schuler (January 5, 1943 – July 22, 2024) was an American competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and one-time world record-holder.
Schuler represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she won two gold medals.[1] She received her first gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter butterfly, with a new Olympic record time of 1:09.5.[2] She earned a second gold medal as a member of the first-place United States team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with teammates Lynn Burke (backstroke), Patty Kempner (breaststroke), and Chris von Saltza (freestyle). The winning U.S. medley relay set a new world record of 4:41.1 in the event final.[3]
Schuler was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1989.[4]
Schuler died on July 22, 2024, at the age of 81.[5]