Janet Steinbeck
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| Full name | Janette May Steinbeck | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Janet", "Jenny" | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
27 February 1951 Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janette May Steinbeck (born 27 February 1951) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Coming from Queensland, Steinbeck combined with Lynne Watson, Lyn McClements and Judy Playfair to register a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay, trailing the Americans home by 1.7 seconds. However, it was in Steinbeck's freestyle anchor leg that American Susan Pedersen was able to convert a 0.5-second deficit into a 1.7 sewconds margin of victory. Competing in the individual 100-metre freestyle, Steinbeck was eliminated in the semifinals. She also finished fourth as part of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team. Two years earlier in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Steinbeck won a silver medal in the 4x110-yard freestyle relay.
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 406. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.