[1][2] She was considered "likely to compete" in the 1944 Summer Olympics,[1] but the games were not held due to the ongoing world war.
"[3] Back in the 1990s, Krauser told the New York Times that for her swimming was "more interesting" than golfing with geriatric women.
[1] John Spannuth of the Amateur Athletic Union said that Krauser "literally wrote the book when it came to competitive swimming for adults and for the Special Olympics, and did more to kick-start those two programs than anyone will ever know.
[3] Such were her accomplishments that swimming legends Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller, contemporaries who "looked up to her," were among her friends.
[1] Krauser died in August 2014 at the age of 88, in Pompano Beach, Florida, from complications of Parkinson's disease.