Kathy Ellis Explained

Kathy Ellis
Fullname:	Kathleen Ellis
Nicknames:	"Kathy"
National Team:	United States
Strokes:	Butterfly, freestyle
Club:	Riviera Club
Birth Date:	November 28, 1946
Birth Place:	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Height:	5feet
Weight:	130lb

Kathleen Ellis (born November 28, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.

Ellis represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won two gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also received two bronze medals for her third-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle and women's 100-meter butterfly events.^[1]

Ellis was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.^[2]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

External links

• Kathy Ellis. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090421/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/kathy-ellis-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  • Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Donna deVarona and Kathy Ellis, California, 1964. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Notes and References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Kathy Ellis. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
2. Web site: Kathy Ellis (USA) . ISHOF.org . . March 16, 2015 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135140/http://www.ishof.org/kathy-ellis-(usa).html . dead .