Nancy Ramey
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| Full name | Nancy Jane Ramey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 29, 1940 Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Washington Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nancy Jane Ramey (born June 29, 1940), later known by her married name Nancy Lethcoe, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. After the Olympics, Ramey earned her doctorate and became a college instructor, environmental activist and political candidate.
Early life
Ramey was born in Seattle and grew up on Mercer Island, Washington. At time of the 1956 Olympics, she was a student at Mercer Island High School.
1956 Olympics
As a 16-year-old, Ramey represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she received a silver medal for her second-place finish in the women's 100-metre butterfly.[1][2]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Washington people
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Women's 100 metres butterfly. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "A Worldwide Roundup of the Sports Information of the Week: Suzie Ordogh and Nancy Lethcoe break records," Sports Illustrated (April 21, 1958).
External links
- Nancy Ramey – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- American female butterfly swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Mercer Island, Washington
- Sportspeople from Seattle, Washington
- Stanford University Department of Religious Studies faculty
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- University of Washington alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni