Kim Linehan
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kimberly Ann Linehan is an American former competition swimmer, world champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin, Germany, Linehan won bronze medals with third-place finishes in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle events. Linehan won a gold medal by placing first in the 800-meter freestyle at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, she finished fourth in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She set the 400-meter freestyle world record in 1978, and held the 1,500-meter freestyle world record from 1979 to 1987.
