The most extraordinary teenage swimming performance in Olympic history — at 15, Shane Gould won three gold medals at Munich 1972 and held every world record from 100m to 1500m freestyle simultaneously.
Shane Gould's performance at the 1972 Munich Olympics at the age of 15 is the most extraordinary teenage achievement in swimming history. She won three individual gold medals — the 200m, 400m and 200m individual medley — plus a silver and bronze. At the time she simultaneously held all five world records from 100m to 1500m freestyle. She retired from competitive swimming at 16.
She held all five freestyle world records simultaneously from 100m to 1500m — a feat never replicated before or since in swimming history.
Did You Know?Career Honours
- Olympic Gold 3x Munich 1972
- Held all freestyle world records 100m-1500m simultaneously