Jacqueline Carol LaVine (born October 4, 1929) is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and Olympic medalist. LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the

1951 Pan American Games The 1951 Pan American Games (the I Pan American Games) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where official ...

in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Jackie LaVine
. Retrieved November 25, 2012.HickokSports.com, Sports History
Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists
. Retrieved November 25, 2012. She was a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay which included teammates

Carolyn Green Carolyn Virginia Green (born November 6, 1933), also known by her married name Carolyn Lewis, is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist. Green represented the United States as an 18 ...

, Betty Mullen and

Sharon Geary Sharon Geary is an American swimmer, gold winner at the Pan American Games. She competed at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, where she received a gold medal in ''100 m freestyle'', before Jacqueline Lavine and Ana María ...

. Individually, she also won a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-meter freestyle. One year later, LaVine represented the United States at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, Finland. She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Marilee Stepan, Jody Alderson and

Evelyn Kawamoto Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (September 17, 1933 – January 22, 2017), also known by her married name Evelyn Konno, was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. In 1949, Kawamoto broke the American record in the 300-meter ind ...

.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports
United States Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games
. Retrieved November 25, 2012.

References

;General * 1929 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Maywood, Illinois Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 21st-century American women {{US-swimming-bio-stub

See also

References