Renee A. Laravie (born July 14, 1959), also known by her married name Renee Kelly, 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 ...

who specialized in the

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can b ...

. As a 17-year-old high school senior, Laravie represented the United States at the

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in Montreal, Quebec.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Renee Laravie
Retrieved August 16, 2012. She competed in the women's 100-meter breaststroke and clocked a time of 1:16.76 in the preliminary heats, but did not advance to the event final. Laravie attended the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach

Randy Reese Randy Reese (born 1946) is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. Reese is best known for coaching the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida to four national championships, and coaching the winners of ...

Florida Gators swimming and diving The Florida Gators swimming and diving program represents the University of Florida in the aquatics sports of swimming and diving. The program includes separate men's and women's teams, both of which compete in Division I of the National Coll ...

team in

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Inter ...

(AIAW) competition from 1977 to 1979.
Florida Swimming & Diving 2010–11 Media Supplement
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 81–84, 85, 86–90, 91, 102–107, 108–113 (2010). Retrieved August 16, 2011. She received ten All-American honors during her three-year college swimming career. She won three individual AIAW national titles, including the 100-meter breaststroke, 100-meter and 200-meter individual medley events, and two more AIAW national titles as a member of the Gators' winning relay teams in the 800-meter freestyle relay. Laravie was a key contributor to the Gators' 1979 AIAW national team championship. She was the 1977–78 recipient of the

Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...

for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year. Laravie was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."F Club, Hall of Fame
Gator Greats
Retrieved December 15, 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laravie, Renee 1959 births Living people American female breaststroke swimmers Florida Gators women's swimmers Olympic swimmers of the United States Sportspeople from Decatur, Illinois Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for the United States 20th-century American women

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