Joan Rosazza
Joan Ann Rosazza (born May 19, 1937) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann and Nancy Simons.[1] Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle at the Olympics and finished fourth in the final.
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Full name | Joan Ann Rosazza | |||||||||||||
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Born | Torrington, Connecticut | May 19, 1937|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
Club | Lafayette Swim Club | |||||||||||||
College team | Purdue University | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rosazza graduated from Purdue University in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in education. She later attended Boston College, where she earned a master's degree.
See also
- List of Boston College people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Purdue University people
References
- "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Rosazza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08.
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