Personal

Daughter of Jack Babashoff and Vera Slivkoff...Has three siblings, Jack, Deborah and Bill, all of whom became competitive swimmers...Father, Jack, was a swim instructor...Set 37 national records throughout competitive career...Coached swimming at Fountain Valley High School and led to its first-ever California Interscholastic Federation Championship in girls’ swimming...Received the Olympic Order in 2005, the highest award of the Olympic Movement.

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian; 9-time Olympic medalist (3 gold, 6 silver)

Olympic Games Montreal 1976, (400m Individual Medley - Women), gold (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women), silver (200m Freestyle - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women, 400m Freestyle - Women, 800m Freestyle - Women), 5th (100m Freestyle - Women)
Olympic Games Munich 1972, gold (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women), silver (100m Freestyle - Women, 200m Freestyle - Women), 4th (400m Freestyle - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 1975 – gold (200m Freestyle - Women, 400m Freestyle - Women), silver (100m Freestyle - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women), bronze (800m Freestyle - Women), 4th (200m Individual Medley - Women)
Years of participation: 100m Freestyle - Women 1973, 1975; 200m Freestyle - Women 1973, 1975; 200m Individual Medley - Women 1975; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women 1973, 1975; 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women 1973, 1975; 400m Freestyle - Women 1975; 800m Freestyle - Women 1975
Medals: 10 (2 gold, 7 silver, 1 bronze)

Gold – 1975 (200m Freestyle - Women, 400m Freestyle - Women)
Silver – 1975 (100m Freestyle - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women); 1973 (100m Freestyle - Women, 200m Freestyle - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women)
Bronze – 1975 (800m Freestyle - Women)

HALL OF FAME

Loading...

2022 Hall of Fame Ceremony.css-13krty2{margin-left:0.5rem;opacity:0;-webkit-transition:opacity 300ms ease-in-out;transition:opacity 300ms ease-in-out;}.css-13krty2:focus-visible,.css-13krty2[data-focus-visible]{outline:3px solid black;opacity:1;}#

Hall of Fame Athletes#

2022 Hall of Fame Ceremony#