Lynn Colella

Lynn Colella

Personal information
Full name	Lynn Ann Colella
National team	United States
Born	(1950-06-13) June 13, 1950 Seattle, Washington
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, butterfly
Club	Cascade Swim Club
College team	University of Washington
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Silver 1972 Munich 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) Bronze 1973 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke Bronze 1973 Belgrade 200 m butterfly Pan American Games Gold 1971 Cali 200 m breaststroke Gold 1971 Cali 200 m butterfly Silver 1971 Cali 4x100 m medley Bronze 1971 Cali 100 m breaststroke Universiade Gold 1970 Turin 100m butterfly Gold 1970 Turin 200m medley Gold 1970 Turin 4x100m medley

Lynn Ann Colella (born June 13, 1950) is an American former swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where she won a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly, finishing behind compatriot Karen Moe.^[1] She is the sister of Rick Colella, an Olympic bronze medalist in swimming.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Washington people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

References

External links

• Lynn Colella – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com

1972 USA Olympic swimming team Men's Team Robin Backhaus Tom Bruce Mike Burton Mark Chatfield Rick Colella Gary Conelly Rick DeMont David Edgar Dave Fairbank Steve Furniss Steve Genter Gary Hall Jerry Heidenreich John Hencken Mitch Ivey Brian Job John Kinsella Tom McBreen Tim McKee John Murphy Doug Northway Mark Spitz Mike Stamm Fred Tyler Women's Team Susie Atwood Shirley Babashoff Jane Barkman Jenny Bartz Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Claudia Clevenger Lynn Colella Ellie Daniel Deena Deardurff Jo Harshbarger Jenny Kemp Ann Marshall Judy Melick Barbara Mitchell Karen Moe Mary Montgomery Sandy Neilson Kim Peyton Keena Rothhammer Dana Schoenfield Dana Shrader Ann Simmons Lynn Skrifvars Lynn Vidali Carolyn Woods Jenny Wylie