Coralie O'Connor
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Full name | Coralie May O'Connor | |||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Worcester, Massachusetts | May 1, 1934|||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||
Club | Lafayette Swim Club | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Coralie May O'Connor (born May 1, 1934) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1] O'Connor competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-meter backstroke and posted a time of 1:19.7.[1]
Three years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, O'Connor won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.[1][2] Her gold medal teammates included Mary Sears, Betty Mullen and Wanda Werner.[1] Individually, she also received a silver medal for finishing second in the women's 100-meter backstroke.[1][2]
Beginning in the 1960s, Coralie was for many years the coach of the Worcester Swim Club, a private competitive club that produced numerous prep and college swimmers.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Coralie O'Connor. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- 1 2 HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists. Retrieved November 25, 2012.