Jackie LaVine
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Full name | Jacqueline Carol LaVine | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Jackie" | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Maywood, Illinois |
October 4, 1929 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chicago Town Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacqueline Carol LaVine (born October 4, 1929) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1][2] She was a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay which included teammates Carolyn Green, Betty Mullen and Sharon Geary.[1][2] Individually, she also won a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-meter freestyle.[1][2]
One year later, LaVine represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1] She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Marilee Stepan, Jody Alderson and Evelyn Kawamoto.[1][3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jackie LaVine. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
References
- Jackie LaVine – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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