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American swimmer
Ginny Duenkel
Full name Virginia Ruth Duenkel Nickname "Ginny" National team United States Born (1947-03-07 ) March 7, 1947 (age 77)
Orange, New Jersey Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight 134 lb (61 kg) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Backstroke ,
freestyle Club Summit YMCA
Virginia Ruth Fuldner (née Duenkel ; born March 7, 1947), also known as Ginny Fuldner , is an American former competition
swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
At the
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Duenkel medaled in two individual swimming events as a 17-year-old.
[1] First, she won the
women's 400-meter freestyle .
[1] Then she received a bronze medal in the
women's 100-meter backstroke .
[1]
Duenkel was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1985.
[2]
The "Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool", in her hometown of
West Orange, New Jersey was named in her honor. She attended
West Orange High School ,
[3] and then the
University of Michigan . The "Chris and Ginny Fuldner Aquatic Center" in
Monett, Missouri is named in honor of Ginny and her husband and her contributions to the sport of swimming in Monett.
[4]
See also
References
^
a
b
c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes,
Ginny Duenkel
Archived November 13, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 15, 2012.
^
"Virginia Duenkel (USA)" . ISHOF.org .
International Swimming Hall of Fame . Archived from
the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2012 .
^ "World Mark Set By Rose in Swim," The New York Times , p. 16 (August 18, 1962).
^ Wally Kennedy, "
Monett woman recalls moment of triumph during 1964 Olympics ," Joplin Globe (August 23, 2008). Retrieved November 15, 2014.
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1951 :
S. Geary ,
P. Pence ,
M. O'Brien (
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1955 :
C. O'Connor ,
M. Sears ,
B. Brey ,
W. Werner (
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1959 :
C. Cone ,
A. Brancroft ,
B. Collins ,
C. von Saltza (
USA )
1963 :
G. Duenkel ,
C. Goyette ,
S. Stouder ,
D. de Varona (
USA )
1967 :
K. Moore ,
C. Ball ,
E. Daniel ,
W. Fordyce (
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1971 :
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1975 :
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M. Morey ,
C. Wright ,
K. Peyton (
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1979 :
L. Jezek ,
T. Caulkins ,
J. Sterkel ,
C. Woodhead (
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1983 :
S. Walsh ,
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L. Lehner ,
C. Steinseifer (
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1987 :
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1991 :
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1995 :
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1999 :
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2003 :
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2007 :
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