Keena Rothhammer
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Women’s swimming | ||
Competitor for the  United States |
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| Gold | 1972 Munich | 800 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1972 Munich | 200 m freestyle |
| World Championships (LC) | ||
| Gold | 1973 Belgrad | 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 400 m freestyle |
Keena Rothhammer (born February 26, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States. She is Jewish.[1]
As a 15-year-old, Rothhamer won the gold medal in the 800m Freestyle (setting the world record twice, on successive days) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.[2] At the same competition, she captured the bronze medal in the 200m Freestyle. She won the 200m freestyle at the 1973 world championships.[3] The same year, she was named North American Athlete of the Year.[4]
In 1991, she was Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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- Keena Rothhammer biography and Olympic results, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-10.
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