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Keena Ruth Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957) is an American former competition
Keena Rothhammer
– Jews in Sports profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothhammer, Keena 1957 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Jewish American sportspeople Jewish swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas Sportspeople from Arkansas Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics University of Southern California alumni World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women
Keena Ruth Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957) 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 in two events.
Rothhammer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas
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, and is Jewish.
Swimming career
As a teenager, she grew up inSanta Clara, California
Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
, and trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club
The Santa Clara Swim Club (abbreviated SCSC) is a renowned swimming club and team based in Santa Clara, California. Part of USA Swimming, it is a USA Swimming Silver Medal Club and a part of the Pacific Swimming LSC, sub-governed by Zone 1 South.
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in Santa Clara under the coach George Haines
George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a swimmer and swimming coach who coached at the Santa Clara Swim Club, Stanford University and UCLA. He also coached for seven U.S. Olympic swim teams. He was inducted into the In ...
, who was noted for leading U.S. Olympic swimmers during the 1960s and 1970s.
As a 15-year-old, Rothhammer represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in Munich, Germany. She won the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle and set a new world record in the event twice, on successive days. She also won the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 1972 Olympics. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973.
Medal table
Results
Diving
;Men
;Women
Swimming
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, she won the 200-meter freestyle and finished second in the 400-meter freestyle. The same year, she was named North American Athlete of the Year.
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...
as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1991.
See also
*List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
20 ...
* List of select Jewish swimmers
* List of University of Southern California people
This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.
Academia
Architectur ...
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022.
Medalists
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
50 metre freestyle
*Medals:
100 me ...
* World record progression 400 metres freestyle
The first world record in the men's 400 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing b ...
* World record progression 800 metres freestyle
The first world record in the women's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1931. The women's 880 yard freestyle had been a FINA-recognised world record ev ...
References
External links
Keena Rothhammer
– Jews in Sports profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothhammer, Keena 1957 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Jewish American sportspeople Jewish swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas Sportspeople from Arkansas Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics University of Southern California alumni World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women