Catie Ball
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This article is about the American swimmer. For the British rower, see Katie Ball. For the British journalist, see Katy Balls.
Catharine Ball Condon (born September 30, 1951), née Catharine Northcutt Ball, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. Ball is a former world record holder in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events, and is remembered as a teenage star who was the dominant female breaststroke swimmer of her generation.
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Full name | Catharine Northcutt Ball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Catie" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1951-09-30) September 30, 1951 (age 72) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | J.E.T.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida (Head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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