Kimberly Ann Linehan (born December 11, 1962) is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

, world champion, and former world record-holder. At the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West ...

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 The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines: *Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female); *Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 ...

in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California, she finished fourth in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She set the 400-meter freestyle world record (long course) in 1978, and held the 1,500-meter freestyle world record (long course) from 1979 to 1987. She was inducted into the

International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...

as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1997, and the University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2008.TexasSports.com, Hall of Honor
Kim Linehan
Retrieved November 15, 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linehan, Kim 1962 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic swimmers of the United States People from Bronxville, New York Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Texas Longhorns women's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games

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