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| Full name | Linda Louise Jezek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1960-03-10) March 10, 1960 (age 64) Palo Alto, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Louise Jezek (born March 10, 1960) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Jezek was a member of the second-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She set the 200-meter backstroke world record (long course) in 1978. Jezek was inducted into the "George F. Haines International Swim Center Hall of Fame" in 2002.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Stanford University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
References
- ABC.Net. Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "Linda Jezek". olympics.com. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- San Francisco Chronicle
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| Preceded byBirgit Treiber | Women's 200-meter backstroke world record-holder (long course) August 28, 1978 – July 27, 1980 |
Succeeded byRica Reinisch |
| World long-course champions in women's 100 m backstroke | |
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| World long-course champions in women's 200 m backstroke | |
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| Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m backstroke | |
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| Pan American Champions in Women's 200 m backstroke | |
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