Sharon Geary is an American

United States

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 swimmer

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, gold winner at the Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

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She competed at the 1951 Pan American Games

1951 Pan American Games

The 1951 Pan American Games were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 25 February-9 March 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where officials representing the National Olympic Committees of the Americas discussed the staging...

 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, where she received a gold medal in 100 m freestyle, before Jacqueline Lavine

Jacqueline Lavine

Jacqueline Carol "Jackie" LaVine was an American swimmer. LaVine won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-25....

 and Ana María Schultz

Ana María Schultz

Ana María Schultz is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Argentina who represented her native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. She claimed a total number of five medals at the 1951 Pan American Games....

. She participated on the American teams that received a gold medals in 4x100 freestyle relay, and 4x100m medley relay at the 1951 Pan American Games.

Geary swam collegiately for Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.