Lynn Skrifvars
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| Full name | Lynn Ellen Skrifvars | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 8, 1951 Lynwood, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Phillips 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lynn Ellen Skrifvars (born February 8, 1951), also known by her married name Lynn Nelson, is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion.
Skrifvars represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, but did not receive a medal. Under the 1972 swimming rules, she was ineligible for a medal because she did not swim in the event final. Individually, she also competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 200-meter backstroke.[1]
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Lynn Skrifvars. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- American female backstroke swimmers
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- People from Lynwood, California
- Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- American swimming biography stubs