Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) 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 ...

, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Spillane competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Molly Botkin, Shirley Stobs and

Chris von Saltza Susan Christina von Saltza (born January 13, 1944), also known by her married name Christina Olmstead, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events. As an age group swimmer, von Salt ...

. She, Botkin, Stobs and Saltza set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 29, 2008) Spillane attended the University of Michigan.article on UMich people at the 1960 Olympics
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* 1943 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Sportspeople from Glen Ridge, New Jersey Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming University of Michigan alumni Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American women {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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