Full name Carin Alice Cone Name Carin Cone Education University of Houston Weight 59 kg | Height 1.68 m Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke | ||
Carin Alice Cone (born April 18, 1940), also known by her married name Carin Cone Vanderbush, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke, having the same time (1:12.9 – new world record) as Judy Grinham who was judged as winner. She also won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.
Cone set seven backstroke world records during her career. In 1984 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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