Kristen Babb-Sprague
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| Full name | Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague | ||||||||||||||||||
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July 29, 1968 (age 46) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague (born July 29, 1968 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.[1][2]
She won gold medal in Solo synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after a scoring scandal.[3] Fourteen months later Sylvie Fréchette of Canada was awarded a belated gold medal by the International Swimming Federation, while Babb-Sprague was allowed to retain her medal.[3]
Her husband is former Major League Baseball player Ed Sprague.
References
- ↑ "Profile: Kristen Babb-Sprague". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Kristen Babb-Sprague". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Buoyed by a judge's scoring blunder". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved August 23, 2008.