Mary T. Meagher

Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an American former competition swimmer, who swam for U.California Berkeley, a three-time 1984 Olympic champion, and a world record-holder. In 1981 she bettered her own existing world records in the 100-meter butterfly (57.93) and 200-meter butterfly (2:05.96). These times would stand as the world records for 18 and 19 years, respectively, and are considered by many swimming historians to be among the all-time greatest sports performances by a competitive swimmer.