Jenny Kemp
Jennifer Jo Kemp (born May 28, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1972 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, setting a world record, and reached semifinals of the individual 100-meter freestyle event.[2]
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| Full name | Jennifer Jo Kemp | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Jenny" | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 28, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cincinnati Marlins | ||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Cincinnati | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kemp initially specialized in the backstroke before changing to freestyle in 1971. Next year she won the 100 m AAU title.[1]
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References
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jenny Kemp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- 1972 Olympics – München, Germany – Swimming Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
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