Status: | Current Member |
Name: | Gail P Roper |
LMSC: | Pacific |
Most Recent Club: | UC38 |
- Read Story about Gail P Roper
Read Oral History entry honoring Gail P Roper written by Gail P Roper (5/7/2001)
Swimming Achievements for Gail P Roper:
- Meet results for Gail P Roper (180 swims)
- Top Ten achievements (877 individual, 65 relay)
- All-American Honors (34 years pool individual, 2 years pool relay, 10 years long distance individual)
- All-Star Honors (1 years long distance, 10 years pool)
- USMS Records
(pool individual: 8 currently held, 326 lifetime ,
pool relay: 1 currently held, 16 lifetime records) - Participated in 1 Olympic Games: 1952
USMS Service & Recognition for Gail P Roper:
- Previous USMS National Committee Positions Held:
History and Archives Committee Member 2000 - 2022
Recognition and Awards Committee Member 2009 - 2011
International Committee Member 1991 - 1991 - USMS Awards and Recognition Received:
1990 David Yorzyk Memorial Award
1997 USMS Athletes Inducted Into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF)
2003 USMS Athletes Inducted into the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame (MISHOF) - Oral History contribution (May 7, 2001) honoring Heather Buckendahl Baggett, Sylvia Bailey, Jim R Eubank, Winston W Kratz, June Krauser, Walter R Pfeiffer, Gail P Roper, Richard K Smith, Paul Thompson
- Contributed 3 articles to USMS.org
- USMS.org article and video references:
- SWIMMER magazine contributions and references:
- July-August 2018 Issue: Featured in "Fighting Spirit"
- March-April 2006 Issue: Featured in "Brunelli Highlights Fast SW Zone Championships"
- July-August 2005 Issue: Featured in "Records Fall at YMCA Nationals"
- May-June 2005 Issue: Featured in "USMS Names All Americans and All-Stars for Pool Courses"
- March-April 2005 Issue: Featured in "Butterfly's Emergence Challenged 1950's Swimmers"
- March-April 2005 Issue: Featured in "Masters Record Roundup"
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