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Full name | Jacqueline Carol LaVine | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Jackie" | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Maywood, Illinois |
October 4, 1929 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chicago Town Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacqueline Carol LaVine (born October 4, 1929) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay which included teammates Carolyn Green, Betty Mullen and Sharon Geary. Individually, she also won a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-meter freestyle.
One year later, LaVine represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Marilee Stepan, Jody Alderson and Evelyn Kawamoto.