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Chris von Saltza Personal information Full name Susan Christina von Saltza Nickname(s) "Chris" Nationality United States Born January 13, 1944
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle Club Santa Clara Swim Club Medal recordWomen’s Swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome 400 m freestyle Gold 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley Silver 1960 Rome 100 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1959 Chicago 100 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 200 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 400 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 4×100 m medley Susan Christina ("Chris") von Saltza (born January 3, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from the United States who, at the age of 16, won one silver and three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. She set the world record in the 400 meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials. She later attended Stanford University, which had no women's swim team in the pre-Title IX days.
Von Saltza was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966.
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Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1920 (300 m): Ethelda Bleibtrey • 1924: Martha Norelius • 1928: Martha Norelius • 1932: Helene Madison • 1936: Rie Mastenbroek • 1948: Ann Curtis • 1952: Valéria Gyenge • 1956: Lorraine Crapp • 1960: Chris von Saltza • 1964: Virginia Duenkel • 1968: Debbie Meyer • 1972: Shane Gould • 1976: Petra Thümer • 1980: Ines Diers • 1984: Tiffany Cohen • 1988: Janet Evans • 1992: Dagmar Hase • 1996: Michelle Smith • 2000: Brooke Bennett • 2004: Laure Manaudou • 2008: Rebecca Adlington
Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza) • 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) • 1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) • 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) • 1976: East Germany (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) • 1980: East Germany (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck) • 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) • 1988: East Germany (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) • 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson) • 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) • 2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres) • 2004: Australia (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) • 2008: Australia (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)
Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle 1951: Sharon Geary · 1955: Helen Stewart · 1959: Chris von Saltza · 1963: Terri Stickles · 1967: Erika Bricker · 1971: Sandra Neilson · 1975: Kim Peyton · 1979: Cynthia Woodhead · 1983: Carrie Steinseifer · 1987: Silvia Poll Ahrens · 1991: Ashley Tappin · 1995: Angel Martino · 1999: Laura Nicholls · 2003: Courtney Shealy · 2007: Arlene Semeco · 2011: Amanda Kendall
Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m Freestyle 1951: Ana María Schultz | 1955: Wanda Werner | 1959: Chris von Saltza | 1963: Robyn Johnson | 1967: Pam Kruse | 1971 – 1975: Kim Peyton | 1979 – 1983: Cynthia Woodhead | 1987: Silvia Poll Ahrens | 1991: Lisa Jacob | 1995: Cristina Teuscher | 1999: Jessica Deglau | 2003: Dana Vollmer | 2007: Ava Ohlgren | 2011: Catherine BreedPan American Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1951: Ana María Schultz | 1955: Beth Whittall | 1959: Chris von Saltza | 1963: Sharon Finneran | 1967: Debbie Meyer | 1971: Ann Simmons | 1975: Kathy Heddy | 1979: Cynthia Woodhead | 1983: Tiffany Cohen | 1987: Julie Martin | 1991: Jane Skillman | 1995: Brooke Bennett | 1999: Kaitlin Sandeno | 2003: Elizabeth Hill | 2007: Jessica Rodriquez | 2011: Gillian RyanPan American Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1951: United States (Green, Geary, LaVine, Mullen) · 1955: United States (Werner, Green, Kluter, Roberts) · 1959: United States (Botkin, Spillane, Stobs, Von Saltza) · 1963: United States (De Varona, Stouder, McCleary, Norton) · 1967: United States (Fordyce, Carpinelli, Gustavson, Kruse) · 1971: United States (Neilson, Fordyce, McKitrick, Skrifvars) · 1975: United States (Heddy, Brown, Sterkel, Peyton) · 1979: United States (Elkins, Caulkins, Sterkel, Woodhead) · 1983: United States (Sterkel, Torres, Wayte, Steinseifer) · 1987: United States (Coffin, Thompson, Linke, Steinseifer) · 1991: United States (Oesting, Buckovich, Jacob, Tappin) · 1995: United States (Martino, Van Dyken, Farella, Teuscher) · 1999: Canada (Deglau, Limpert, Evanetz, Nicholls) · 2003: United States (Weir, Swindle, Lanne, Shealy) · 2007: United States (Smit, Woodward, Kukors, Correia) · 2011: United States (Kennedy, Pelton, Kendall, Erndl)
Pan American Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1951: United States (Geary, Pence, O'Brien) · 1955: United States (O'Connor, Sears, Mullen, Werner) · 1959: United States (Cone, Brancroft, Collins, Von Saltza) · 1963: United States (Duenkel, Goyette, Stouder, De Varona) · 1967: United States (Moore, Ball, Daniel, Fordyce) · 1971: Canada · 1975: United States (Bonne, Morey, Wright, Peyton) · 1979: United States (Jezek, Caulkins, Sterkel, Woodhead) · 1983: United States (Walsh, Rhodenbaugh, Lehner, Steinseifer) · 1987: United States (Green, Heisick, Jorgensen, Linke) · 1991: United States (Wilson, Tierney, Wester-Krieg, Tappin) · 1995: United States (Bedford, King Bednar, Van Dyken, Martino) · 1999: United States (Knapp, Stitts, Campbell, Spatz) · 2003: United States (MacManus, Stitts, Vollmer, Weir) · 2007: United States (Smit, McKeehan, Hersey, Correia) · 2011: United States (Bootsma, Chandler, Donahue, Kendall)
Categories:- 1944 births
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