ball born september née american competition swimmer olympic champion world record holder events summer olympics won gold medal member winning meter medley relay team ball world record holder meter meter events remembered teenage star dominant female swimmer generation early years ball born jacksonville florida teenager swam swim team competition attended jacksonville august set new american record meter national championships shattering previous mark seconds december tied world record meter international swim meet hall fame pool florida swimming swim team won florida state high school championships yard individual medley yard events setting florida state records florida record yard stood years international swimming career ball set new world record meter swim meet july pan american games ball won individual gold medals women meter meter events women meter medley relay swam leg winning team ball ellie daniel process set new world records events set world records metric non metric individual events year old despite having overcome missing scheduled meets early ball favorite win gold medals olympics reigning world record holder distances world records meter meter august arrived summer olympics mexico_city case won olympic medal gold member winning meter medley relay team swimming leg person relay sharing gold medal honors relay teammates ellie daniel butterfly freestyle meter final ball led close finish physical exhaustion overwhelmed finished fifth ill swim subsequent preliminary heats meter event college coaching career olympics ball received special scholarship attend florida effectively dropped competition swimming women college swim teams time desire lead normal life undergraduate senior hired athletic director head coach newly organized women swimming diving team competition school year year competition ball swimmers undefeated dual meets placed second national championship single season tenure ball graduated bachelor degree education life swimming ball currently resides pensacola florida time retiring competition swimming age college swim coach teacher junior swim coach housewife interior ball business partner operated successful interior business point past decade husband children grandchildren inducted international swimming hall fame world records women meter women meter women meter medley relay note record times locations sourced list world records
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