Sarah Josephson

Sarah Gay Josephson (born January 10, 1964) was a competitor in synchronized swimming, who competed for Ohio State University and was an American 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion in duet competition. A member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Josephson won a silver medal in duet competition. In collegiate competition, she was nearly undefeated competing with her sister Karen in duet competition, Sarah graduated Hamden High around 1981.

Competing for the Spindrifts, Sarah and her sister Karen won a gold medal at the National AAU Junior Olympics in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 12, 1979. Sarah and Karen were members of teams that won national championships during their tenure at the university.

Beginning around 1979, Sarah and Karen spent twelve years on the U.S. National Synchronized swimming team. After graduating college in 1985, the sisters moved to Walnut Creek, California to train with Gail Emery and the U.S. National Team. After college, they swam for a period with Emery's Walnut Creek Aquanuts team in Walnut Creek.

Olympics 1984-1992 Sarah Josephson competed in the 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 women's duet at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and then a gold medal in the same event with at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Sarah and, and her sister Karen were American Synchronized Swimming Champions in Duet competition seven times.

Sarah and Karen retired from elite synchronized swimming not long after the 1992 Olympics. Sarah and Karen were AAU Sullivan Award finalists, and became members of Connecticut's Bristol Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.