Miramonte High School

KAREN MOE, '71
Karen Moe was a pre-Title IX swimmer who, during her illustrious career, held four world records, two Olympic records, and nine American records. The summer after her junior year at Miramonte, she set her first world record at just age 17. She was the gold medalist in the 200 meter butterfly in the 1972 Olympics, member of the 1973 US State Department Goodwill Tour of the People's Republic of China, and captain of the 1976 US Olympic Swim Team. In the Montreal Olympic Games, she placed fourth in the 200 meter butterfly. Moe went on to become the Head Swimming and Diving Coach at the University of California, Berkeley (1978-1992) and was the 1987 NCAA Coach of the Year, the first female to be so honored. She is the first person to be inducted into the both the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the American Swim Coaches Hall of Fame.