Barbara Hounsell

[2] Hounsell lived in Whittier, California and the Los Angeles area for much of her life prior to the 1964 Olympics.

[4][5][6] At the Beverly Hills Invitational in January 1964, she placed second in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 5:04.6, edging out future gold medal Olympic swimmer and City of Commerce teammate Sharon Stouder.

[7] At the age of 12, in May 1964, at the Southern Pacific AAU Swim Championships at the City of Commerce Pool, she eclipsed her own 200-yard Individual Medley American record for girls 11-12 by two seconds with a time of 2:23.1.

[8] At the 1964 National Championships in Toronto, Barbara won the 220-yard Individual Medley with a time of 2:40.9, breaking the Canadian National Record, and won the 440-yard Individual Medley with a 5:33, only 2.3 seconds off the World Record.

She won a first place gold medal in the 200-meter Individual Medley with a record time of 2:38.5 at the National Canadian Swimming Championships in Alberta, Canada in late July, 1965.