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Ginny Duenkel

Personal information
Full name	Virginia Ruth Duenkel
Nickname	"Ginny"
National team	United States
Born	(1947-03-07) March 7, 1947 (age 77) Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	Summit YMCA
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 400 m freestyle 1964 Tokyo 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 4x100 m medley

Virginia Ruth Fuldner (née Duenkel; born March 7, 1947), also known as Ginny Fuldner, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Duenkel medaled in two individual swimming events as a 17-year-old. First, she won the women's 400-meter freestyle. Then she received a bronze medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke.

Duenkel was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1985.

The "Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool", in her hometown of West Orange, New Jersey was named in her honor. She attended West Orange High School, and then the University of Michigan. The "Chris and Ginny Fuldner Aquatic Center" in Monett, Missouri is named in honor of Ginny and her husband and her contributions to the sport of swimming in Monett.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of University of Michigan sporting alumni

References

1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ginny Duenkel Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
2. "Virginia Duenkel (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
3. "World Mark Set By Rose in Swim," The New York Times, p. 16 (August 18, 1962).
4. Wally Kennedy, "Monett woman recalls moment of triumph during 1964 Olympics," Joplin Globe (August 23, 2008). Retrieved November 15, 2014.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ginny Duenkel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012.
• Virginia Duenkel (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)

v t e 1964 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Wayne Anderson Mike Austin Bob Bennett Steve Clark Bill Craig Gary Dilley Bill Farley Jed Graef Gary Ilman Chet Jastremski Virgil Luken David Lyons Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Bill Mettler John Nelson Walter Richardson Philip Riker Carl Robie Dick Roth Roy Saari Fred Schmidt Don Schollander Lary Schulhof Ed Townsend Tom Trethewey Michael Wall
Women's team	Lynne Allsup Erika Bricker Donna de Varona Ginny Duenkel Kathy Ellis Cathy Ferguson Sharon Finneran Cynthia Goyette Jeanne Hallock Nina Harmer Tammy Hazleton Claudia Kolb Sandra Nitta Susan Pitt Marilyn Ramenofsky Martha Randall Judy Reeder Patience Sherman Terri Stickles Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson
Staff	James Counsilman (men's head coach) Peter Daland (women's head coach) George Haines (men's assistant coach) Harold Henning (manager) Elizabeth Philcox (assistant manager) Albert J. Sehorn (manager) Kenneth Treadway (assistant manager)

• Living people
• 1947 births
• American female backstroke swimmers
• American female freestyle swimmers
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
• Sportspeople from West Orange, New Jersey
• West Orange High School (New Jersey) alumni
• Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
• Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• University of Michigan alumni
• Swimmers from New Jersey
• Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
• People from Monett, Missouri
• Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
• 20th-century American sportswomen