Carin Cone
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| Full name | Carin Alice Cone | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | April 18, 1940 Huntington, New York |
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Carin Alice Cone (born April 18, 1940), also known by her married name Carin Cone Vanderbush, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she received a silver medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke, having the same time (1:12.9 – new world record) as Judy Grinham who was judged as winner.[1] She received two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[2]
Cone set seven backstroke world records during her career.
Cone was inducted as an "Honor Swimmer" into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984.[3]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Houston people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ↑ "Swimming – Pan American Games – Women: 100 m Backstroke"– sports123.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Carin Cone (USA). Retrieved on April 13, 2015.
External links
- Carin Cone – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Carin Cone (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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