Joan Spillane

Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Joan Spillane

Personal information
Full name	Joan Arlene Spillane
National team	United States
Born	(1943-01-31) January 31, 1943 (age 81) Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Houston Dad's Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 4x100 m freestyle 1959 Chicago 100 m freestyle 1959 Chicago 200 m freestyle

Spillane competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Molly Botkin, Shirley Stobs and Chris von Saltza. She, Botkin, Stobs and Saltza set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final.^[1]

Spillane attended the University of Michigan.^[2]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Michigan alumni
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

References

1. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
2. article on UMich people at the 1960 Olympics

See also

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Spillane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011.