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| Full name | Jacqueline Carol LaVine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jackie" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1929-10-04)October 4, 1929 Maywood, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 21, 2022(2022-10-21) (aged 93) Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (October 4, 1929 – October 21, 2022) was an American competitionswimmer and Olympic medalist.
LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1][2] She was a member of the winning U.S. team in thewomen's 4×100-meter freestyle relay which included teammatesCarolyn Green,Betty Mullen andSharon Geary.[1][2] Individually, she also won a silver medal for her second-place finish in thewomen's 100-meter freestyle.[1][2]
One year later, LaVine represented the United States at the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1] She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team inwomen's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammatesMarilee Stepan,Jody Alderson andEvelyn Kawamoto.[1][3]
LaVine died on October 21, 2022, at the age of 93.[4]
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