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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.
After winning five golds at the 1959 Pan American Games, Von
Saltza lived up to her advance billing by taking three Olympic
golds in 1960. Her 400m freestyle victory ended the long-standing
Australian domination of this event, but her victory at Rome was
not unexpected because at the U.S. Trials she had set a new world
record of 4:44.5 to become the first American woman to break the
five-minute barrier.
Von Saltza swam for the Santa Clara Swim Club and led
them to many team victories at the nationals, in addition to
winning 19 individual AAU titles. After she retired from
competitive swimming, she entered Stanford, where she majored in
Asian history and eventually became a computer engineer with IBM.
She later served the U.S. women’s swim team as an assistant
coach/chaperone at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Von Saltza
was more properly the Baroness von Saltza as her grandfather, Count
Philip, came to America at the turn of the 20th century and she is
still recognized by her titled name in the "Who’s Who of Swedish
Nobility". (According to Sveriges Ridderskap och Adels Kalender
2007 all 14 counts and barons von Saltza are US citizens, None
remains in Sweden).
Von Saltza was inducted into the International Swimming
Hall of Fame in 1966.
References
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Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay |
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1912: GBR (Moore, Fletcher, Speirs, Steer) · 1920: USA (Woodridge, Schroth, Guest, Bleibtrey) · 1924: USA (Donnelly,
Ederle, Lackie, Wehselau) · 1928: USA (Lambert, Osipowich, Saville, Norelius) · 1932: USA (Helen
Johns, Saville, McKim, Madison) · 1936: NED (Selbach, Wagner, den Ouden, Mastenbroek) · 1948: USA (Corridon, Kalama, Helser, Curtis) · 1952: HUN (Novák, Temes, Novák, Szőke) · 1956: AUS (Fraser, Leech, Morgan, Crapp) · 1960: USA (Spillane, Stobs, Wood, von Saltza) · 1964: USA (Stouder, de Varona, Watson, Ellis) · 1968: USA (Barkman, Gustavson, Pedersen, Henne) · 1972: USA (Babashoff,
Barkman, Kemp, Neilson) · 1976: USA (Peyton. Sterkel, Babashoff, Boglioli) · 1980: GDR (Krause, Metschuck, Diers, Hülsenbeck) · 1984: USA (Johnson, Steinseifer, Torres, Hogshead) · 1988: GDR (Otto, Meißner, Hunger, Manuela
Stellmach) · 1992: USA (Haislett, Martino, Thompson, Torres) · 1996: USA (Martino, Van Dyken, Fox, Thompson) · 2000: USA (Van Dyken, Shealy, Thompson, Torres) · 2004: AUS (Mills, Lenton, Thomas, Henry) · 2008: NED (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
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| Olympic
Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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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: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) |
1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck)
| 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) | 1988: GDR (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: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) | 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)
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Pan American Champions
in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay |
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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)
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Pan American Champions
in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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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)
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