Carin Cone
Appearance
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Carin Alice Cone | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Huntington, New York, U.S.[1] | April 18, 1940||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke, having the same time (1:12.9 – new world record) as Judy Grinham who was judged as winner.[2] She also won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[3]
Cone set seven backstroke world records during her career. In 1984 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[4]
Swimming (1958–60)
- First University of Houston athlete on cover of Sports Illustrated
- Silver Medalist at 1956 Olympic Games
- Two-time gold medalist at 1959 Pan-Am Games
- International Swimming Hall of Fame (Class of 1984)
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Houston people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carin Cone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived September 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ^ "Swimming – Pan American Games – Women: 100 m Backstroke" Archived March 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine– sports123.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ^ "Carin Cone (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.