Jenny Kemp
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Full name | Jennifer Jo Kemp | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Jenny" | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Cincinnati, Ohio | May 28, 1955||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Cincinnati Marlins | ||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Cincinnati | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennifer Jo Kemp (born May 28, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Kemp competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She won a gold medal as a member of the first-place United States team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also swam in the 100-meter freestyle event, recording a best time of 59.93 seconds in the event semifinals.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Cincinnati people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ 1972 Olympics – München, Germany – Swimming – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
External links
- Jenny Kemp – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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