Jane Barkman
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| Full name | Jane Louise Barkman | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 20, 1951 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vesper Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jane Louise Barkman (born September 20, 1951), also known by her married name Jane Brown, is an American former swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Barkman represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1] She won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Linda Gustavson, Sue Pedersen and Jan Henne.[2] She and her relay teammates set a new Olympic record of 4:02.5 in the event final.[3] Individually, she also received a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 200-meter freestyle.[4] Barkman finished behind Debbie Meyer and Jan Henne, completing an American sweep of the event.[5]
Four years later at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, she was also part of the U.S. team that won the gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, including Sandy Neilson, Jenny Kemp and Shirley Babashoff.[6] Neilson, Kemp, Barkman and Babashoff set a new world record of 3:55.19 in the final, narrowly edging the East German team.[7]
Barkman was formerly the coach of the Princeton Tigers women's swimming and diving team at Princeton University. She is the mother of two sons and a daughter. She now resides in a small town in Pennsylvania and is a kindergarten teacher.
See also
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jane Barkman. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, United States Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games, Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 200 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ databaseOlympics.com, 1968 Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico, Swimming. Retrieved on October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1972 Munchen Summer Games, United States Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games, Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
External links
- Jane Barkman – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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