Donna de Varona is an American swimmer, sports broadcaster and campaigner, born on April 26, 1947. She qualified for the 1960 United States Olympic team at thirteen, holding the world record in the 400-metre individual medley before that event joined the Olympic programme. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won gold in the 400-metre individual medley and a second gold in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and she set eighteen world records in her career. She then became one of the first women sportscasters on national American television with ABC, covering many Olympic Games. She also worked with the President's Council on Physical Fitness, advised on the Amateur Sports Act and Title IX, and helped found the Women's Sports Foundation with Billie Jean King.
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American former swimmer, Olympic champion
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Born 26 April 1947
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American former swimmer, Olympic champion
Competed In: 1960 Summer Olympics, Olympic career
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, De Varona swam for the U.S. team in the preliminary heats
Competed In: 1964 Summer Olympics, Olympic career
Four years later at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
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