Heather Simmons-Carrasco

Heather Simmons-Carrasco

Personal information
Born	May 25, 1970 (age 45) Mountain View, California, U.S.
Medal record Synchronized swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championships 1994 Rome Team

Heather Lee Simmons-Carrasco (born May 25, 1970) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion. Born in Mountain View, California, she competed for the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[1][2]

The Olympic team she was a part of that won gold consisted of Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Jill Savery, Emily Lesueur, and Margot Thien. The U.S. finished with a score of 99.720 points, and received nine perfect 10s from the judges for their performance. It was the first-ever Synchronized Swim Team event.

She attended West Valley College.

References

1. "Heather Simmons-Carrasco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
2. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Synchronized Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 27, 2008)