Full name Virginia Ruth Duenkel Club Summit YMCA Weight 61 kg Height 1.70 m | National team United States Role Swimmer Nickname(s) "Ginny" Name Ginny Duenkel | |
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women's 200 backstroke 1963 US Nationals
Virginia Ruth Duenkel (born March 7, 1947), also known by her married name 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. First, she won the women's 400-meter freestyle. Then she received a bronze medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke.
Duenkel was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1985.
"Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool" in her hometown of West Orange, New Jersey was named in her honor. She attended West Orange High School, 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.