Jill Sterkel
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Gillian Ann "Jill"•Sterkel |
| Used name | Jill•Sterkel |
| Nick/petnames | Jill Ann |
| Born | 27 May 1961 in Los Angeles, California (USA) |
| Measurements | 180 cm / 77 kg |
| Affiliations | Texas Longhorns, Austin (USA) |
| NOC |  United States |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 2 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 4 |
Biography
At the 1975 Pan-American Games, Jill Sterkel won a gold medal in the relay and a silver in the individual 100m freestyle. At the 1976 Olympics she again won a relay gold, but fared less well in the individual freestyle events, placing seventh in the 100m final and losing out in the heats of the 200m free. Jill Sterkel won her only individual AAU title when she won the outdoor 100m freestyle in 1976, but she led her club to the AAU freestyle relay title, both indoors and out, that year. Sterkel swam for the El Monte AC with the same coach, Don LaMont, who trained Sandy Neilson.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | USA |
Jill Sterkel | |||
| 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) | 7 | |||||
| 200 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) | =9 | |||||
| 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic) | United States | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1984 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | USA |
Jill Sterkel | |||
| 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic) | United States | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1988 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | USA |
Jill Sterkel | |||
| 50 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) | =3 | Bronze | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic) | United States | 3 | Bronze |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (5–2–0 1975 Ciudad de México SWI gold: 4×100 m freestyle relay, silver: 100 m freestyle; 1979 San Juan SWI gold: 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay, and 4×100 m medley relay, silver: 100 m freestyle; 1983 Caracas SWI gold: 4×100 m freestyle relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (5–0–0 1981 București SWI gold: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay, and 4×100 m medley relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a World Record in Long Course Swimming (4×100 m freestyle relay – 25 July 1976 - 27 July 1980: 3:44.82 (25 July 1976; Montréal, CAN), 3:43.43 (26 August 1978; West-Berlin, FRG))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (1–2–2 1978 West Berlin SWI gold: 4×100 m freestyle relay; 1982 Guayaquil SWI silver: 4×100 m freestyle relay and 4×100 m medley relay, bronze: 100 m freestyle; 1986 Madrid WAP bronze)