Claudia Anne Kolb (conceived December 19, 1949), likewise known by her wedded name Claudia Thomas, is an American previous rivalry swimmer, two-time Olympic victor, and previous world record-holder in four occasions.

Kolb spoke to the United States as a 14-year-old at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She contended in the ladies' 200-meter breaststroke, and got the silver decoration for her second-put execution (2:47.6) behind Soviet Galina Prozumenshchikova, who set another Olympic record (2:46.4).[1][2]

At the point when Mexico City facilitated the 1968 Summer Olympics, Kolb won two gold decorations. She ruled her opposition in the variety occasions, winning both the ladies' 200-meter singular mixture (2:24.7) and ladies' 400-meter singular mixture (5:08.5). Kolb set new Olympic records in the two occasions in the starter warms and the occasion finals.[1]

Amid her vocation. Kolb won 25 U.S. national AAU Championships and set 23 world records. In 1967 she was named "World Swimmer of the Year" by Swimming World magazine. In 1975 she was accepted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]

Kolb resigned from aggressive swimming after the Mexico City Olympics. She has instructed swimming at clubs in South Bend, Indiana and Santa Clara, California, and school groups at Stanford University and at Pacific University. Her Stanford swimmers won the 1980 AIAW national group championshi