Joan Spillane

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Joan Spillane
Personal information
Full name Joan Arlene Spillane
Nationality  United States
Born (1943-01-31) January 31, 1943
Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Freestyle
Club Houston Dad's Club

Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Spillane competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Molly Botkin, Shirley Stobs and Chris von Saltza. She, Botkin, Stobs and von Saltza set a new world record in the 4x100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final.[1]

Spillane attended the University of Michigan.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
  2. ↑ article on UMich people at the 1960 Olympics

See also

  • Joan Spillane – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay


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