Carin Cone information

Carin Cone
	Carin Cone in 1957
Personal information
Full name	Carin Alice Cone
National team	United States
Born	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
Pan American Games

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.^[2] She also won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.^[3]

Cone set seven backstroke world records during her career. In 1984 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[4]

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)

^ 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.
^ "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived September 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
^ "Swimming – Pan American Games – Women: 100 m Backstroke" Archived March 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine– sports123.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
^ "Carin Cone (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

[sr-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.

[db-olymp-1956SWI-2] "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived September 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)

[sports123-100mback-3] "Swimming – Pan American Games – Women: 100 m Backstroke" Archived March 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine– sports123.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)

[ishofprofile-4] "Carin Cone (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

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