Kaye Hall

Kaye Hall, later known by her married name Kaye Greff, is an American former competition swimmer born on 15 May 1951 in Tacoma, Washington. She trained with the Tacoma Swim Club under the Hall of Fame coach Dick Hannula and made her international debut at the 1967 Pan American Games, winning silver in the 100 metre backstroke. In December 1967 she became the first woman to swim the 100 yard backstroke in under one minute. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, aged seventeen, she won gold in the women's 4 by 100 metre medley relay, gold in the 100 metre backstroke in a world record time, and bronze in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 1970 World University Games in Turin she won three more golds. She retired from competition in 1970 and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1979. She later became an art teacher near Seattle.