| Intro | American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist |
| A.K.A. | Shelley Isabel Mann |
| Was |
Athlete Swimmer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 15 October 1937, New York City, New York, U.S.A. |
| Death |
24 March 2005 (aged 67 years) |
| Star sign | Libra |
Shelley Isabel Mann (October 15, 1937 – March 24, 2005) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter butterfly event, and was a member of the runner-up U.S. team that won the silver medal for the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Mann caught polio aged six and took up swimming to aid her recovery. She was a student at the American University in Washington, D.C.
A member of the Walter Reed Swim Club, arguably the most prolific women’s swim team of the 1950s, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an “honor swimmer” in 1966, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.