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Keena Ruth Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.

Keena Rothhammer

Personal information
Full name	Keena Ruth Rothhammer
National team	United States
Born	(1957-02-26) February 26, 1957 (age 65) Little Rock, Arkansas
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich 800 m freestyle 1972 Munich 200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1973 Belgrade 200 m freestyle 1973 Belgrade 400 m freestyle

Rothhammer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is Jewish.[1]

Swimming career

As a teenager, she grew up in Santa Clara, California[2] and trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club in Santa Clara under the coach George Haines, who was noted for leading U.S. Olympic swimmers during the 1960s and 1970s.

As a 15-year-old, Rothhammer represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She won the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle and set a new world record in the event twice, on successive days.[1] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 1972 Olympics. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, she won the 200-meter freestyle and finished second in the 400-meter freestyle.[3] The same year, she was named North American Athlete of the Year.[1]

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.[4]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of select Jewish swimmers
• List of University of Southern California people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle
• World record progression 800 metres freestyle

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keena Rothhammer.

• Keena Rothhammer – Jews in Sports profile

Records
Preceded by Shane Gould	Women's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 22, 1973 – June 28, 1974	Succeeded by Heather Greenwood
Preceded by Jo Harshbarger	Women's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) September 3, 1972 – September 9, 1973	Succeeded by Novella Calligaris

На других языках

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- [en] Keena Rothhammer

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[it] Keena Rothhammer

Keena Rothhammer (Santa Clara, 26 febbraio 1957) è un'ex nuotatrice statunitense.

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[ru] Ротхаммер, Кина

Кина Рут Ротхаммер (англ. Keena Ruth Rothhammer; род. 26 февраля 1957, Литл-Рок) — американская пловчиха, чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр 1972 года на дистанции 800 метров вольным стилем, чемпионка мира 1973 года на дистанции 200 метров вольным стилем[1][2].

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