Kristine Quance
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| Full name | Kristine Lora Quance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Q" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Born |
April 1, 1975 Northridge, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CLASS Aquatics Trojan Swim Club |
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| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristine Lora Quance (born April 1, 1975), also known by her married name Kristine Julian, is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke and medley events. Quance competed at the international level in the 1990s, and swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay. She is a 10-time United States national champion; and twice won the Kiphuth Award for highest individual point scorer at an individual national championship (one of these in the Summer of 1992 when she won all four events she swam in).
While training with Bud McAlister at CLASS Aquatics in her hometown of Northridge, Quance was selected to make her international debut at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where she won gold and silver in the 200-meter breaststroke and 400-meter individual medley respectively. 1992 was a disappointment for Quance, as she missed selection for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She made a strong comeback at the 1993 Pan Pacs in Kobe, Japan, winning gold and bronze in the 400-meter individual medley and 200-meter breaststroke respectively. 1994 yielded her first medal at the global level, winning a bronze in the 400-meter individual medley and finishing sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.
1996 proved a critical year for Quance. At the 1996 US Olympic Trials in March, she was disqualified in her two best events (the 200 breaststroke and 400-meter individual medley), but instead qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter individual medley. At the Games, she finishing 9th and 19th respectively in the 200-meter individual medley and 100-meter breaststroke. However, she collected a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay by swimming the breaststroke leg in the heats (Amanda Beard swam in the final).
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