Linda Jezek

Women's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Silver	Montreal 1976	4x100 m medley relay
World Championships
Gold	1978 Berlin	100 m backstroke
Gold	1978 Berlin	200 m backstroke
Gold	1978 Berlin	4x100 m medley
Silver	1975 Cali	4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold	1979 San Juan	100 m backstroke
Gold	1979 San Juan	200 m backstroke
Gold	1979 San Juan	4x100 m medley

Linda Louise Jezek (born March 10, 1960) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.

Jezek was a member of the second-place U.S. team in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.^[1] She set the 200-meter backstroke world record (long course) in 1978. Jezek was inducted into the "George F. Haines International Swim Center Hall of Fame" in 2002.^[2]

References

Records
Preceded by Birgit Treiber	Women's 200-meter backstroke world record-holder (long course) August 28, 1978 – July 27, 1980	Succeeded by Rica Reinisch

v t e 1976 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Jack Babashoff Joe Bottom Mike Bruner Rick Colella Casey Converse Lawrence Dowler Bill Forrester Bruce Furniss Steve Furniss Brian Goodell Steve Gregg Bobby Hackett Gary Hall, Sr. Dan Harrigan Paul Hartloff John Hencken Bob Jackson Charles Keating Tim McKee Jim Montgomery John Naber Doug Northway Peter Rocca Tim Shaw Rod Strachan Matt Vogel Chris Woo

Women's Team	Shirley Babashoff Melissa Belote Wendy Boglioli Brenda Borgh Lelei Fonoimoana Maryanne Graham Jeanne Haney Janis Hape Kathy Heddy Jennifer Hooker Linda Jezek Nicole Kramer Renee Laravie Renee Magee Marcia Morey Kim Peyton Lauri Siering Miriam Smith Jill Sterkel Karen Thornton Tauna Vandeweghe Wendy Weinberg Donna Lee Wennerstrom Camille Wright

Staff	John Bogert Doc Counsilman (men's head coach) Lawrence Dowler Frank Elm Carolyn Finneran Don Gambril George Haines Jim Montrella Jack Nelson (women's head coach) Charlotte Piper Albert Schoenfield

v t e 1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Steve Barnicoat Bill Barrett Craig Beardsley Mike Bottom Mike Bruner Rick Carey Chris Cavanaugh Jeff Float Bill Forrester Rowdy Gaines Brian Goodell Matt Gribble John Hencken Bob Jackson Kris Kirchner David Larson Steve Lundquist Glenn Mills John Moffet Ron Neugent William Paulus Peter Rocca Brian Roney John Simons Dave Sims Dave Thornton Jesse Vassallo

Women's Team	Terri Baxter Lisa Buese Linda Burton Kim Carlisle Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Nancy Hogshead Linda Jezek Libby Kinkead Karin LaBerge Kim Linehan Marybeth Linzmeier Mary T. Meagher Joan Pennington Susan Rapp Jill Sterkel Susie Thayer Susan Walsh Sippy Woodhead

Coaches	Paul Bergen Don Gambril George Haines Denny Pursley Randy Reese Mark Schubert

World Long Course Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

World Long Course Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

v t e Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

1967: Elaine Tanner (CAN) 1971: Donna Gurr (CAN) 1975: Donna Lee Wennerstrom (USA) 1979: Linda Jezek (USA) 1983: Amy White (USA) 1987: Katie Welch (USA) 1991: Diana Trimble (USA) 1995: Barbara Bedford (USA) 1999: Denali Knapp (USA) 2003: Jamie Reid (USA) 2007: Teresa Crippen (USA) 2011: Elizabeth Pelton (USA)

Persondata
Name	Jezek, Linda
Alternative names	Jezek, Linda Louise; Jezek, Linda L.
Short description	American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, former world champion
Date of birth	March 10, 1960
Place of birth	Pal Alto, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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