Name Kiki Caron | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke Similar People Cathy Ferguson, Alain Gottvalles, Alain Mosconi, Stephan Caron, Michel Jazy | ||
Kiki caron sentimentalement
Christine "Kiki" Caron (born 10 July 1948 in Paris) is a French former backstroke swimmer. She won the silver medal in 100 m backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She also participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics where she was the first woman to carry the French flag at the opening ceremony. During her swimming career she won 29 national swimming titles. Her elder sister Annie was also a swimmer and competed at the 1960 Olympics.
After retiring from swimming she acted in two films: Le lys de mer (1969) and Violentata sulla sabbia (1971). In 2005, she was named Chevalier de la Legion of Honour. During the next year she published an autobiography titled Kiki with a preface written by Johnny Hallyday.
