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Full name | Julia Gray Stowers | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Knoxville, Tennessee | March 18, 1982||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pilot Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Julia Gray Stowers (born March 18, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Stowers earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Tennessee, Stowers attended the University of Memphis to pursue a J.D. degree.[ citation needed] She is now a public defender. [1]