Kathy Ellis

Ellis in 1964
Personal information
Full name	Kathleen Ellis
Nickname	"Kathy"
National team	United States
Born	(1946-11-28) November 28, 1946 Indianapolis, Indiana
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Riviera Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4x100 m medley 1964 Tokyo 4x100 m freestyle 1964 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 100 m butterfly 1963 São Paulo 100 m freestyle

Kathleen Ellis (born November 28, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.

Ellis represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won two gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also received two bronze medals for her third-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle and women's 100-meter butterfly events.^[1]

Ellis was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.^[2]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathy Ellis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Kathy Ellis (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)
• Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Donna deVarona and Kathy Ellis, California, 1964. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.