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Full name | Keena Ruth Rothhammer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | February 26, 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keena Ruth Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
Rothhammer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is Jewish. [1]
As a teenager, she grew up in Santa Clara, California, [2] and trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club in Santa Clara under the coach George Haines, who was noted for leading U.S. Olympic swimmers during the 1960s and 1970s.
As a 15-year-old, Rothhammer represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She won the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle and set a new world record in the event twice, on successive days. [1] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 1972 Olympics. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, she won the 200-meter freestyle and finished second in the 400-meter freestyle. [3] The same year, she was named North American Athlete of the Year. [1]
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991. [4]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Keena Ruth Rothhammer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | February 26, 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Keena Ruth Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
Rothhammer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is Jewish. [1]
As a teenager, she grew up in Santa Clara, California, [2] and trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club in Santa Clara under the coach George Haines, who was noted for leading U.S. Olympic swimmers during the 1960s and 1970s.
As a 15-year-old, Rothhammer represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She won the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle and set a new world record in the event twice, on successive days. [1] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 1972 Olympics. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, she won the 200-meter freestyle and finished second in the 400-meter freestyle. [3] The same year, she was named North American Athlete of the Year. [1]
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991. [4]