Lynne Marie Allsup (January 2, 1949 – May 16, 2023), also known by her married name Lynne Olson, was an American competition swimmer and world record-holder.
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| Full name | Lynne Marie Allsup | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 2, 1949 Bloomington, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 16, 2023 (aged 74) Midland, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bloomington Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Allsup was born in Bloomington, Illinois, and trained with the Bloomington Swim club.[1]
As a 15-year-old, Allsup represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2] She swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[3] She did not receive a medal under the 1964 international swimming rules because she did not compete in the relay event final.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Lynne Allsup. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Where Have You Gone . . . Lynne Allsup," The Pantagraph (August 25, 1996). Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lynne Allsup". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Lynne Allsup at Olympedia
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