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Babashoff

American  
[bab-uh-shawf] / ˈbæb əˌʃɔf /

noun

  1. Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.


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There’s no respecting them without surrendering what might be the best weapon against cheating, the one that Babashoff tried to employ, only to have it turned against her — shame.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2016

“People knew what was going on at the time, they just didn’t know what to do about it,” Babashoff said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

Forty years later, Babashoff is finally getting some recognition.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

“I worked so hard for what I didn’t get,” Babashoff said, adding, “I had a bad taste in my mouth for years.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

Shamed by the news media and shunned by swimming officials for pointing out her competitors’ cartoonish musculature and suggesting they were cheating, Babashoff retreated into a self-imposed, decades-long exile.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

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