Heather Greenwood
American former freestyle swimmer (born 1958)
![]() Greenwood in 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ron Greenwood (father) Gene Stephens[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Greenwood Harper (born c. 1958) is an American former freestyle swimmer. She won one gold and three silver medals at the world championships in 1973 and 1975, and set a world record over 400 m in 1974.[1]
In 1975 Greenwood enrolled to the University of Southern California, following her brother Mark, who was also a competitive swimmer. She retired from competitions after failing to qualify for the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
See also
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b c Heather Greenwood Harper. fresnoahof.org
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Preceded by Keena Rothhammer | Women's 400 metres freestyle world record-holder (long course) 28 June 1974 – 22 August 1974 | Succeeded by Shirley Babashoff |
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World long-course champions in women's 400 m freestyle
- 1973:
Heather Greenwood (USA)
- 1975:
Shirley Babashoff (USA)
- 1978:
Tracey Wickham (AUS)
- 1982:
Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
- 1986:
Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991:
Janet Evans (USA)
- 1994:
Yang Aihua (CHN)
- 1998:
Chen Yan (CHN)
- 2001:
Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2003:
Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
- 2005:
Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2007:
Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2009:
Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2011:
Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2013:
Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2015:
Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017:
Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019:
Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2022:
Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2023:
Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024:
Erika Fairweather (NZL)