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{{short description|American synchronized swimmer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| full_name      = Sarah Gay Josephson
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Bristol, Connecticut]], U.S.
| height         = 5 ft 4 in
| country        = {{USA}}
| sport          = [[Synchronised swimming|Synchronized swimming]]
| collegeteam    = 
| club           = [[Ohio State Buckeyes]]
| headercolor    = #abdfee
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition | [[Synchronized swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold  | [[Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|Duet]] }}
{{MedalSilver  | [[Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|Duet]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Synchronised swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | Duet }}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Perth | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Synchronised swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | Solo }}
{{MedalSilver | 1986 Madrid | Duet}}
{{MedalSilver | 1986 Madrid | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Synchronized swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Synchronized swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | Duet }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 Indianapolis | Team }}
}}

'''Sarah Gay Josephson''' (born January 10, 1964) is an American Olympic champion and former competitor in [[synchronised swimming|synchronized swimming]].

==Biography==
Sarah Josephson competed in the [[Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's solo|women's solo]] event at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]]. She partnered with her twin sister [[Karen Josephson]] to win a silver medal in the [[Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|women's duet]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]] and then a gold medal in the [[Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|same event]] with at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/sarah-josephson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/sarah-josephson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Sarah Josephson |accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>

She won silver medals in the solo, duet, and team events at the [[Synchronised swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 World Championships]] in [[Madrid]]. At the [[Synchronised swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 World Championships]] in [[Perth]] she won gold medals in the duet and team events.

Josephson also competed at the [[Synchronized swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Pan American Game]] in [[Indianapolis]], winning gold medals in duet and team events.

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Sports links}}
* {{databaseOlympics|JOSEPSAR01|archive=20160406031650}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American synchronized swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bristol, Connecticut]]
[[Category:American twins]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American women]]
[[Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming]]


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