Joan Spillane
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| Full name | Joan Arlene Spillane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 31, 1943 Glen Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Houston Dad's Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Spillane competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Molly Botkin, Shirley Stobs and Chris von Saltza. She, Botkin, Stobs and Saltza set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final.[1]
Spillane attended the University of Michigan.[2]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
- ↑ article on UMich people at the 1960 Olympics
See also
- Joan Spillane – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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