Kay Knapp

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Kay Knapp
Personal information
Full name	Kathryn Elizabeth Knapp
Nickname(s)	"Kay"
Nationality	United States
Born	(1938-09-14) September 14, 1938 Washington, D.C.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Terrapin Swim Club

Kathryn Elizabeth Knapp (born September 14, 1938) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.^[1] She swam for the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the qualifying heats of the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.^[1]^[2] Knapp did not receive a medal, however, because only relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the Olympic rules then in effect.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Marley Shriver. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games. Retrieved January 27, 2013.

v t e 1956 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	George Breen Dick Hanley Robert Hughes Tim Jecko Ford Konno Frank McKinney Jack Nelson George Onekea Yoshi Oyakawa Reid Patterson David Radcliffe Sonny Tanabe Albert Wiggins Bill Woolsey William Yorzyk

Women's Team	Betty Brey Carin Cone Susan Gray Kay Knapp Shelley Mann Mary Anne Marchino Maureen Murphy Nancy Ramey Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Mary Sears Marley Shriver Nancy Simons

Persondata
Name	Knapp, Kay
Alternative names	Knapp, Kathryn Elizabeth; Knapp, Kathryn E.; Norton, Kathryn; Norton, Kay
Short description	American swimmer, Olympian
Date of birth	September 14, 1938
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., United States
Date of death
Place of death

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