Molly Ray Botkin (born August 26, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.
 Molly Botkin (left) and Jeff Farrell at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Molly Ray Botkin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1943 Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, she won three medals, including a gold as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also received a silver for her second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle, and a bronze for a third-place performance in the 100-meter butterfly.[1]
Botkin also represented the United States as a sixteen-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[2] She did not receive a medal, however, because only relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the 1960 Olympic rules.
References
edit- ^ Molly Botkin. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay (heats)". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
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