| Intro | American swimmer |
| Was |
Athlete Swimmer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 21 December 1923, Freeport, New York, U.S.A. |
| Death |
2 December 2016 (aged 93 years) |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Gloria Callen, a backstroke swimmer from the United States, was the 1942 Associated Press Athlete of the Year.
Biography
“Glamorous” Gloria Marie Callen was born in 1922. She married Herbert Erskine Jones Jr. in 1944.
Gloria Callen set 35 American records and one world record in swimming, and won 13 American championships. Due to World War II, she was never able to compete in world championships or Olympic Games, even though she qualified for the 1940 Olympic Games. She quit swimming when she went to college at Barnard College and joined the American Women’s Voluntary Services.
Gloria Callen was one in a row of glamorous swimming champions, and was voted one of America’s 13 best-dressed women by the New York’s Fashion Academy.
Honours
- 1942: Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 1976: inducted in the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame
- 1984: International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer