Jill Sterkel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jill Sterkel
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	May 27, 1961(1961-05-27)
Age	63
Birthplace	Hacienda Heights
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Jill Sterkel Biography

Jill Sterkel is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on May 27, 1961 in Hacienda Heights, California, United States. Jill Ann Sterkel (born May 27 the 27th of May, 1960) was an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and the world record holder in the past. Sterkel has won four medals during the three Olympic Games spanning twelve years. She was the female head trainer of the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team at the University of Texas at Austin from 1992 until 2007.

In 1984, at the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, she swam for the gold-medal winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women’s 4×100 meter freestyle. Beginning at the 1984 Olympics relay swimmers who competed in the heats but didn’t compete in the event’s finals were eligible for medals. When she was 27 years old, in 1988’s Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, she was a part of the U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay. She earned an award of bronze for her team’s third place result. She also took part in a team competition for the freestyle 50 meters placing third, and winning an Olympic bronze medal.

Sterkel is a native of Hacienda Heights California. Her graduation was from Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights. She then went to at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, where she participated in the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team in Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) as well as National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from the year 1980 to 1983. When she was a senior in 1983, Sterkel won the NCAA national championships in the 50-yard butterfly (24.26 seconds) and 100-yard butterfly (53.54 seconds). Sterkel won back-to back Honda Sports Awards for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the top female college swimmer in 1979-80 and 1980-81.

Jill Sterkel Net Worth

Jill Sterkel is one of the richest Swimmer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jill Sterkel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sterkel was a representative of Sterkel represented the United States in three Summer Olympics. When she was just 15 years old, in 1976’s Summer Olympics she took home the gold medal as an athlete on team that won the U.S. team in the women’s freestyle relay 4×100 meters alongside her fellow teammates Kim Peyton, Wendy Boglioli and Shirley Babashoff. In the aftermath of that the U.S. women’s team had been defeated in every single event with their East German rivals, Peyton, Boglioli, Sterkel and Babashoff won the moral victory of not just winning the gold medal for the relay as well as beating record after record, breaking the East Germans’ world record in the event’s final. In her own event, she took part in two different events coming in eighth in the freestyle 100 meters, and not making it past the preliminary heats of the freestyle 200 meters.

Sterkel got her second chance to play in her U.S. national team at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, but due to the boycott by the United States during the 1988 Summer Olympics the athlete could not participate in the 1980 games at Moscow, Russia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jill Sterkel height 5 ft 11 in Jill weight 77 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Jill Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jill Sterkel celebrates birthday on May 27 of every year.