Molly Botkin
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| Full name | Molly Ray Botkin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States |
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| Born | August 26, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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Molly Ray Botkin (born August 26, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.
A the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, Illinois, she won three medals, including a gold as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also received a silver for her second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle, and a bronze for a third-place performance in the 100-meter butterfly.
Botkin also represented the United States as a sixteen-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.[1]
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay (heats)". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
External links
- Molly Botkin – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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