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Kimberly Ann Linehan (born December 11, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, world champion, and former world record-holder.

Kim Linehan

Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of Texas
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (LC) 1982 Guayaquil 800 m freestyle 1978 Berlin 400 m freestyle 1978 Berlin 800 m freestyle Pan American Games 1979 San Juan 800 m freestyle 1979 San Juan 200 m freestyle Universiade 1981 Bucharest 400 m freestyle 1981 Bucharest 800 m freestyle

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]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle
• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Linehan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Kim Linehan (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-12)

Records
Preceded by Tracey Wickham	Women's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 19, 1979 – July 31, 1987	Succeeded by Janet Evans
Preceded by Petra Thümer	Women's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 2, 1978 – August 24, 1978	Succeeded by Tracey Wickham

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