Jane katz biography

American swimmer

For the Alabama advocate for government reform, see Jane Lobman Katz.

Jane Katz (born 1943) is an educator, author, and world-class former Olympic competitive and long-distance swimmer.^[1] She has been awarded the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur Certificate of Merit (2000) and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the US President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (2014), and inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2011) and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (2014).

Early life, personal life, and education

Katz was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and raised on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York, and is Jewish.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Her parents were Leon and Dorothea Katz.^[6] Her father coached the Lower East Side Neighborhood Association swim and track team, was a professor of electrical engineering technology, and with her m