Nancy Ramey
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| Full name | Nancy Jane Ramey | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Born |
June 29, 1940 Seattle, Washington |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Washington Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nancy Jane Ramey (born June 29, 1940), later known by her married name Nancy Lethcoe, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. After the Olympics, Ramey earned her doctorate and became a college instructor, environmental activist and political candidate.
Ramey was born in Seattle and grew up on Mercer Island, Washington. At time of the 1956 Olympics, she was a student at Mercer Island High School.
As a 16-year-old, Ramey represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she received a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-metre butterfly.
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