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3 unusual facts about Karen Moras


Karen Moras

Karen Lynne Moras (born 6 January 1954 in Ryde, New South Wales), known after marriage as Karen Moras-Stephenson was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s who won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

She nearly claimed a second bronze in the 800 m freestyle, being beaten into fourth by 0.1 s by Mexico's Maria Teresa Ramírez who was much more adapted to the local conditions.

Despite this Moras managed to salvage a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle, behind the American duo of Debbie Meyer and Linda Gustavson.


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Together with his wife, Ursula, and their assistant, Tom Green, he produced many notable olympians such as Shane Gould, Karen Moras, Gail Neall, John Davies, Terry Gathercole, John Ryan and Ian O'Brien.


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