Carolyn Green
Carolyn Virginia Green (born November 6, 1933), also known by her married name Carolyn Lewis, is an American former competition swimmer and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist.
Green represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1] She competed in the women's 400-meter freestyle, advanced to the event final, and finished fourth in a time of 5:16.5.[1][2]
Green also swam in two consecutive Pan American Games.[1][3] At the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Jackie LaVine, Betty Mullen and Sharon Geary.[1][3] Individually, she received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 400-meter freestyle.[3] Four years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, she again won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle, this time with teammates Judith Roberts, Wanda Werner and Gretchen Gluter.[1][3] Once again, she also won a silver medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Carolyn Green. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
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- 1951: United States (Green, Geary, LaVine, Brey)
- 1955: United States (Werner, Green, Kluter, Roberts)
- 1959: United States (Botkin, Spillane, Stobs, Von Saltza)
- 1963: United States (De Varona, Stouder, McCleary, Norton)
- 1967: United States (Fordyce, Carpinelli, Gustavson, Kruse)
- 1971: United States (Neilson, Fordyce, McKitrick, Skrifvars)
- 1975: United States (Heddy, Brown, Sterkel, Peyton)
- 1979: United States (Elkins, Caulkins, Sterkel, Woodhead)
- 1983: United States (Sterkel, Torres, Wayte, Steinseifer)
- 1987: United States (Coffin, Thompson, Linke, Steinseifer)
- 1991: United States (Oesting, Buckovich, Jacob, Tappin)
- 1995: United States (Martino, Van Dyken, Farella, Teuscher)
- 1999: Canada (Deglau, Limpert, Evanetz, Nicholls)
- 2003: United States (Weir, Swindle, Lanne, Shealy)
- 2007: United States (Smit, Woodward, Kukors, Correia)
- 2011: United States (Kennedy, Pelton, Kendall, Erndl)
- 2015: Canada (Mainville, Williams, Savard, van Landeghem)
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