Joan Rosazza
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| Full name | Joan Ann Rosazza | ||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||
| Born |
May 19, 1937 Torrington, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | Lafayette Swim Club | ||||||||||||
| College team | Purdue University | ||||||||||||
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Joan Ann Rosazza (born May 19, 1937) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann, and Nancy Simons.[1] Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle at the Olympics and finished fourth in the final. Rosazza swam collegiately for Purdue University, and graduated in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in education. She later attended Boston College, where she earned a master's degree.
See also
- List of Boston College people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Purdue University people
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
External links
- Joan Rosazza – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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