| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  United States
| |||
| Women's Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1972 Munich | 4x100m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1972 Munich | 100m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1972 Munich | 200m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 4x100m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | 200m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | 400m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | 800m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | 4x100m Medley | |
| World Championships (LC) | |||
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 100m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 200m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 4x100m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 4x100m Medley | |
| Gold | 1975 Cali | 200m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1975 Cali | 400m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1975 Cali | 100m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1975 Cali | 800m Freestyle | |
Shirley F. Babashoff (born January 31, 1957 in Whittier, California) is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight Olympic medals in her career. She also won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle relay in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and won the 1975 World Championship in both the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she took a silver medal in four events as the competition was dominated by the East German swimmers. The East Germans were later proven to have used performance enhancing drugs to win the gold medals. Although Babashoff never won an individual gold medal in Olympic competition, she is still regarded as one of the top swimmers in history. Her time in winning the silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle at the 1976 Olympics would have defeated Don Schollander for the gold medal twelve years earlier at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
In 1982 she was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Babashoff was occasionally referred to as "Surly Shirley" because of her public accusations of cheating by the East German swimmers. Her brother Jack Babashoff was also an Olympic swimmer. Long after her Olympic career ended, she became a single mother and took a job with the United States Post Office delivering mail in Orange County, California.
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