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Carin Cone

Carin Cone in 1957
Personal information
Full name	Carin Alice Cone
National team	United States
Born	(1940-04-18) April 18, 1940 (age 84) Huntington, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 100 m backstroke 1959 Chicago 4×100 m medley

Carin Alice Cone (born April 18, 1940), also known by her married name Carin Cone Vanderbush, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.

She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke, having the same time (1:12.9 – new world record) as Judy Grinham who was judged as winner. She also won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.

Cone set seven backstroke world records during her career. In 1984 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Swimming (1958–60)

• First University of Houston athlete on cover of Sports Illustrated
• Silver Medalist at 1956 Olympic Games
• Two-time gold medalist at 1959 Pan-Am Games
• International Swimming Hall of Fame (Class of 1984)

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Houston people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carin Cone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
2. "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived September 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
3. "Swimming – Pan American Games – Women: 100 m Backstroke" Archived March 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine– sports123.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
4. "Carin Cone (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

External links

• Carin Cone at World Aquatics
• Carin Cone at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Carin Cone at Olympedia

v t e 1956 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	George Breen Dick Hanley Robert Hughes Tim Jecko Ford Konno Frank McKinney Jack Nelson George Onekea Yoshi Oyakawa Reid Patterson David Radcliff Sonny Tanabe Albert Wiggins Bill Woolsey William Yorzyk
Women's Team	Betty Brey Carin Cone Susan Gray Kay Knapp Shelley Mann Mary Anne Marchino Maureen Murphy Nancy Ramey Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Mary Sears Marley Shriver Nancy Simons

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