Shelley Mann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shelley Mann

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1937

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 24-Mar-2005

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Shelley Isabel Mann (October 15, 1937 – March 24, 2005) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter butterfly event, and was a member of the U.S.
team that won the silver medal for the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Mann was born in Long Island, New York in 1937 to Hamilton and Isabel Mann.
Her father was in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.Mann caught polio at age six while living in Cambridge, Massachuetts.
She spent weeks in the hospital and was left with a paralyzed right leg.
She took up swimming to aid her recovery.
She learned to walk but with a significant limp.
She was a student at American University in Washington, D.C.