Kimberly Ann Linehan (born December 11, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, world champion, and former world record-holder.
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Full name | Kimberly Ann Linehan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Kim" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-12-11) December 11, 1962 (age 59) Bronxville, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin, Germany, Linehan won bronze medals with third-place finishes in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle events. Linehan won a gold medal by placing first in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, she finished fourth in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She set the 400-meter freestyle world record (long course) in 1978, and held the 1,500-meter freestyle world record (long course) from 1979 to 1987.
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1997, and the University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2008.[1][2]
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Preceded by | Women's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 19, 1979 – July 31, 1987 |
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Preceded by | Women's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 2, 1978 – August 24, 1978 |
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1980 USA Olympic swimming team | ||
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1984 USA Olympic swimming team | ||
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World long-course champions in women's 800 m freestyle | |
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Pan American Champions in Women's 800 m freestyle | |
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