Patience Halsey Sherman (born September 20, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer who competed for the New Jersey Athletic Association and participated in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in a preliminary heat of the gold medal winning Women's 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay but was not eligible for a medal as she did not compete in the final heat.

[5][6][1][7] Patience began swimming with the Montclair YMCA, but by early 1960 at the age of 13, she trained and competed with the New Jersey Swim Association under accomplished Head Coach Bob Alexander, who swam for Syracuse, and would serve as a president of the New Jersey Amateur Athletic Union, and on the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Like many young champions, Sherman excelled in many strokes early in career, and competed well in events in the butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke but won more consistently in freestyle.

Including meets, Sherman spent around 32 hours weekly in swimming activities, in addition to her school attendance and studies.

[7][13] Sherman swam anchor for the preliminary team of Jeanne Hallock, Lynne Allsup, and Erika Bricker.

[11] The actual relay finals team consisted of Sharon Stouder, Donna de Varona, Pokey Watson, and Kathy Ellis.

Other swimming medalists at the 1964 Olympics that had swum with Sherman's Coach Alexander, primarily at the New Jersey Athletic Association included Jed Graef, Thompson Mann, and Phil Riker.

[17][5] She briefly dated Olympic swimming gold medalist Don Schollander around 1964-1965, which generated considerable press coverage.

[2] The groom was a graduate of Iowa State, and the recipient of an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.