Mary Terstegge ("Mary T.") Meagher Plant (born October 27, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from the United States. In 1981 she bettered her own existing World Records in the 100m (57.93) and 200m butterfly (2:05.96): these marks stood as the respective World Records for 18 and 19 years, and are considered to be among the greatest sports performances ever.
Meagher, began competing at an e...
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Mary Terstegge ("Mary T.") Meagher Plant (born October 27, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from the United States. In 1981 she bettered her own existing World Records in the 100m (57.93) and 200m butterfly (2:05.96): these marks stood as the respective World Records for 18 and 19 years, and are considered to be among the greatest sports performances ever.
Meagher, began competing at an early age, setting her first world record in the butterfly at the age of 14 in 1979 at the Pan American Games. She completed her education at the Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, alongside her sister Anne Northup, who gained fame as a member of the US House Representatives.
Meagher was expected to compete for medals at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. However, Meagher, along with the rest of the United States Olympic team, never got her chance due to American-led boycott of the Olympics.
However, in 1981 Meagher gave one...
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