Mary T. Meagher

Mary T. Meagher, whose full name is Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant, is an American former competition swimmer, born on 27 October 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky, who swam for the University of California, Berkeley. She won three gold medals at the 1984 Olympics and was a world record holder. In 1981 she bettered her own world records in the 100-meter butterfly (57.93) and 200-meter butterfly (2:05.96); the times stood for 18 and 19 years respectively and are considered by many swimming historians to be among the all-time greatest performances by a competitive swimmer. She set her first world record at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan at the age of 14.