Full name Joan Arlene Spillane Name Joan Spillane Education University of Michigan Club Houston Dad's Club Weight 63 kg | Sport Swimming Height 1.80 m National team United States Role Olympic athlete Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
Born January 31, 1943 (age 81) ( 1943-01-31 ) Glen Ridge, New Jersey | ||
Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Spillane competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Molly Botkin, Shirley Stobs and Chris von Saltza. She, Botkin, Stobs and Saltza set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final.
Spillane attended the University of Michigan.