Karen Moe

Karen Moe is an American former competition swimmer, born on 22 January 1953, who won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She set world records in the 200-meter butterfly in 1970, 1971 and twice in 1972. After swimming she turned to coaching and in 1978 became head coach of the California Golden Bears women's swim team at the University of California, Berkeley, a post she held until 1992, when she moved within the athletic department. Her swimmers included Mary T. Meagher, a triple gold medallist in butterfly at the 1984 Olympics, and in 1987 she was named NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Coach of the Year. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1992.