Kristine Quance

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Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Gold	Atlanta 1996	4x100m Medley Relay

Kristine Quance (born April 1, 1975 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) was an American breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1990s, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay. Her career peaked in 1997 when she was named as American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine.

Training at the Trojan club of the University of Southern California, Quance was selected to make her international debut at the 1991 Pan Pacific Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where she won gold and silver in the 200m breaststroke and 400m individual medley respectively. 1992 was a disappointment for Quance, as she missed selection for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She made a strong comeback at the 1993 Pan Pacific Championships in Kobe, Japan, winning gold and bronze in the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke respectively. 1994 yielded her first medal at the global level, winning a bronze in the 400m individual medley and finishing sixth in the 200m breaststroke at the World Championships in Rome. She qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, but again suffered a slump during an Olympic year, finishing 9th and 19th respectively in the 200m individual medley and 100m breaststroke. However, she collected a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay by swimming the breaststroke leg in the heats (Amanda Beard swam in the final). Quance bounced back again at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, winning the 200m and 400m individual medley, silver in the 200m butterfly and finishing fourth in the 200m breaststroke. This earned her the American Swimmer of the Year award. Her appearance at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia was her last international appearance, making the finals in the 200m butterfly and individual medley. She continued swimming, but her rankings plummeted, and she did not represent the United States again. She now coaches young swimmers at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, CA with her husband, Jeff Julian (also a world class swimmer).