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Coralie O'Connor

Personal information
Full name	Coralie May O'Connor
National team	United States
Born	(1934-05-01)May 1, 1934 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	December 31, 2019(2019-12-31) (aged 85) Worcester, Massachusetts
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Lafayette Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City 4×100 m medley 1955 Mexico City 100 m backstroke

Coralie May O'Connor (May 1, 1934 – December 31, 2019) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. O'Connor competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-meter backstroke and posted a time of 1:19.7.

Three years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, O'Connor won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Her gold medal teammates included Mary Sears, Betty Mullen and Wanda Werner. Individually, she also received a silver medal for finishing second in the women's 100-meter backstroke.

Beginning in the 1960s, O'Connor was for many years the coach of the Worcester Swim Club, a private competitive club that produced numerous prep and college swimmers.

References

1. Coralie O'Connor's obituary
2. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Coralie O'Connor. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
3. ^ HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today. Retrieved November 25, 2012.

v t e 1952 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Dick Cleveland Frank Dooley Ronald Gora Jerry Holan Burwell Jones Ford Konno Jimmy McLane Wayne Moore Monte Nitzkowski Yoshi Oyakawa Clarke Scholes Don Sheff Allen Stack Bowen Stassforth Jack Taylor Wally Wolf Bill Woolsey
Women's Team	Jody Alderson Julia Cornell Mary Freeman Carolyn Green Evelyn Kawamoto Jackie LaVine Delia Meulenkamp Coralie O'Connor Gail Peters Judith Roberts Della Sehorn Barbara Stark Marilee Stepan

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