Chris von Saltza

Chris von Saltza

Personal information
Full name	Susan Christina von Saltza
Nickname(s)	"Chris"
Nationality	United States
Born	January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13) (age 67) San Francisco, California
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
Medal record Women’s Swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome 400 m freestyle Gold 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley Silver 1960 Rome 100 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1959 Chicago 100 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 200 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 400 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1959 Chicago 4×100 m medley

Susan Christina ("Chris") von Saltza (born January 3, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from the United States who, at the age of 16, won one silver and three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. She set the world record in the 400 meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials. She later attended Stanford University, which had no women's swim team in the pre-Title IX days.

Von Saltza was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966.

References

• databaseOlympics
• International Swimming Hall of Fame biography
• sports-reference

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Name	Von Saltza, Chris
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Date of birth	January 13, 1944
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
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