Nancy Ramey
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| Full name | Nancy Jane Ramey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 29, 1940 Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Washington Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nancy Jane Ramey (born June 29, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. She represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where she received a silver medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly.[1]
At time of the Olympics, she was a student at Mercer Island High School. Ramey later attended the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She later became an assistant professor at Stanford University and married Jim Lethcoe.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Washington people
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres butterfly". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
External links
- Nancy Ramey – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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Preceded by Atie Voorbij |
Women's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 28, 1958 – April 2, 1961 |
Succeeded by Janice Andrew |
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Women's 200-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 29, 1958 – September 13, 1958 |
Succeeded by Tineke Lagerberg |
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