https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/dryland-training-and-technique/31630/best-female-swimmer-lcmThere is a thread about the second best male swimmer, I&#39;d like a pinions on the best female swimmer. This may be complicated and I&#39;m very interested in others opinions. One complication is the East German cheaters and if you throw them out, which theyen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/293800?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:29:05 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6f0f65c6-df7b-45d0-b226-ce38cfd0098f02GF1<p>Not sure Babashoff was actually Jewish, but she did have some Russian heritage as do I.&nbsp; Spitz, and Dara Torres were Jewish, and for a good while were the man and woman with the most olympic medals.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/293799?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:20:16 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d40de2f0-7e98-44ef-8f7c-daea6dfbf1a502GF1<p>I love your choices!!&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#39;m Jewish and so was Shirley Babashoff, so I followed her history.&nbsp; &nbsp;Mary T Meagher was from Louisville, Kentucky, as am I, so I&#39;ve followed her as well.&nbsp; &nbsp;She swam out of Lakeside Swim Club, where I&#39;ve swam a few times when I was looking for a pool during College break many years ago.&nbsp; &nbsp;It wasn&#39;t even far from where I grew up.&nbsp; &nbsp;Thanks for your comments!!!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/293351?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:50:33 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:29309dea-36f1-4171-af7f-0228001430e8Karl_S<p>Tracy Caulkins. If you remove the LCM restriction Natalie Coughlin.</p> <p></p> <p>Mary T&#39;s 200 fly is from a different universe. It was finally surpassed, like 30 years later, but only with way better suits, and her stroke still is more beautiful.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>