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| Full name | Joan Ann Rosazza | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 19, 1937 Torrington, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Lafayette Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Purdue University | ||||||||||||||
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Life and career
Joan Ann Rosazza was born in May 19, 1937 in Torrington, Connecticut where she was raised and where she was eventually taught to swim competitively.
She is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann and Nancy Simons.[1] Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle at the Olympics and finished fourth in the final.
Education
Rosazza graduated from Purdue University in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in education. She later attended Boston College, where she earned a master's degree in psychology and counseling. She then became a teacher for two schools, first at Winchester High School and then at Concord-Carlisle High School
She received the Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award in 1999.[2]
See also
- List of Boston College people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Purdue University people
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "Biography Joan Ann ROSAZZA". Olympics.com.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Rosazza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08.
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