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| Full name | Lynn Marie Vidali | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1952-05-26)May 26, 1952 (age 73) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke,individual medley | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | San Jose State University | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Charlie Sava, San Francisco George Haines (Santa Clara SC) | |||||||||||||||||
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Lynn Marie Vidali (born May 26, 1952), also known by her married nameLynn Gautschi, is an American former competitionswimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Born May 26, 1952, in San Francisco, in her early years, she received some training from San Francisco's Hall of Fame Coach Charlie Sava. She would later be coached by Hall of Fame CoachGeorge Haines at the very competitive Santa Clara Swim Club.[1][2]
As a 16-year-old high school student, Vidali represented the United States at the1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[3] She received a silver medal for her second-place performance in thewomen's 400-meter individual medley (5:22.2), finishing well behind U.S. teammateClaudia Kolb (5:08.5).[4]
Four years later, she won a bronze medal in thewomen's 200-meter individual medley at the1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany swimming a 2:24.06 and finishing behind Australian Shane Gould and East German Kornelia Ender. Vidali went out strong and swam behind gold medalist Shane Gould who would set a blistering world record time of 2:23.07. Weakening from Gould's early speed, Vidali fell behind on the final lap where she was passed by 13-year-old East German Kornelia Ender, who would take silver.[5]
In Munich, she also competed in the400-meter individual medley and the100-meter breaststroke, but finished out of medal contention in both events.[3]
Vidali initially attended West Valley College but later enrolled at San Jose State University. At San Jose in 1975-6, she won AIAW titles in the 100 yard Individual Medley.[2]
After her swimming career ended, Vidali later worked as a High School swim coach and physical education teacher for 34 years. After leaving High School coaching, she began giving private swim lessons.[2]
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