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Full name | Candace Costie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Candy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | March 12, 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Synchronised swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Arizona Wildcats, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candace Costie (born March 12, 1963) is an American competitor and Olympic champion in synchronized swimming. [1]
After claiming a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships with her swimming partner Tracie Ruiz, [2] they went on to secure gold medals in both the women's duet at the 1983 Pan American Games and the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [3] Their partnership also extended to winning four US national championships and one NCAA national championship. [4]
In 1985, Costie married Olympic silver medalist Doug Burke [5] who was a member of the United States water polo team at the Los Angeles games. Candy was later remarried to Fred Merrill Jr. [4] and they now run their own real estate firm, Merill Companies. [6]
Costie was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1995. [4]