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Helen Eileen Johns (September 25, 1914 – July 23, 2014), later known by her married name Helen Carroll, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Helen Johns

Personal information
Full name	Helen Eileen Johns
National team	United States
Born	(1914-09-25)September 25, 1914 East Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 23, 2014(2014-07-23) (aged 99) Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Brookline Women's Swimming Association Boston Swimming Association
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle

Career

Johns was born in East Boston, but grew up in nearby Medford, Massachusetts.[1] At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Johns represented the United States at the age of 17.[2] She won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with U.S. teammates Eleanor Garatti, Helene Madison and Josephine McKim.[2][3] The American women set a new world record in the event with a time of 4:38.0, beating teams from the Netherlands (silver) and Great Britain (bronze) by nine and fourteen seconds, respectively.[2][4]

In 1936 Johns graduated from Pembroke College, the former women's college of Brown University, with a bachelor's degree in psychology and economics.[5] She later received her master's degree in special education.[6]

Johns married Eugene Carroll in 1937 and moved to Swansea, Massachusetts wherein they had two daughters, Deborah and Judith. In 1957 they moved to Sumter, South Carolina.[7]

In addition to coaching swimming, she became a special education teacher in the Sumter School District in Sumter, South Carolina in 1957 and retired from that position in 1980.[8] In 1996 Johns carried the Olympic torch for a stretch in the Olympic torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame for her achievements as an Olympic swimmer in 2004.[9]

Johns died on July 23, 2014, at the age of 99, in Sumter.[10][11]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Johns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
• Helen Johns at Find a Grave

На других языках

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- [en] Helen Johns (swimmer)

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[it] Helen Johns

Helen Eileen Johns (Boston, 25 settembre 1914 – Sumter, 23 luglio 2014) è stata una nuotatrice statunitense.

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[ru] Джонс, Хелен

Хелен Айлин Джонс (-Кэ́рролл) (англ. Helen Eileen Johns (-Carroll), 25 сентября 1914 (1914-09-25), Ист Бостон, штат Массачусетс, США — 23 июля 2014, Самтер, штат Южная Каролина, США) — американская пловчиха, чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр в Лондоне (1932).

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