Kim Linehan

Kim Linehan
Personal information
Full name Kimberly Ann Linehan
Nickname(s) "Kim"
National team  United States
Born (1962-12-11) December 11, 1962
Bronxville, New York
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team University of Texas

Kimberly Ann Linehan (born December 11, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, world champion, and former world record-holder.

At the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin, Germany, Linehan won bronze medals with third-place finishes in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle events. Linehan won a gold medal by placing first in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, she finished fourth in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She set the 400-meter freestyle world record (long course) in 1978, and held the 1,500-meter freestyle world record (long course) from 1979 to 1987.

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1997, and the University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2008.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Kim Linehan (USA). Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ TexasSports.com, Hall of Honor, Kim Linehan. Retrieved November 15, 2012.


Records
Preceded by
Tracey Wickham		 Women's 1,500-meter freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
August 19, 1979 – July 31, 1987 		Succeeded by
Janet Evans
Preceded by
Petra Thümer		 Women's 400-meter freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
August 2, 1978 – August 24, 1978 		Succeeded by
Tracey Wickham


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