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Full name | Linda Louise Jezek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Palo Alto, California |
March 10, 1960 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Linda Louise Jezek (born March 10, 1960) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Jezek was a member of the second-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She set the 200-meter backstroke world record (long course) in 1978. Jezek was inducted into the "George F. Haines International Swim Center Hall of Fame" in 2002.