1972 ... she won gold in the 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, and 200 meter individual medley events, setting world records in each one.
Shane Gould won 3 gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics in swimming.
Swimmer Shane Gould of Australia won three gold medals at the 1972 Games in Munich in women's 200 meter freestyle, women's 400 meter freestyle, and women's 200 meter individual medley.
Shane who?
Shane Gould's influence on society was that she was so good and so young at winning the olympics.
The most medals won at an Olympic Games by an Australian athlete is 5 and was done by swimmer Ian Thorpe at the 2000 Games in Sydney (3 gold, 2 silver) and swimmer Shane Gould at the 1972 Games in Munich (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Shane Gould's birth name is Shane Elizabeth Gould.
Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould were swimmers from Australia. Fraser won 8 medals (4 gold, 4 silver) in Olympic competition and Gould won 5 (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Shane Gould has written: 'Monuments Protection Programme'
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because it was what she loved to do!
Swimmers
November 23 1956