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Full name | Judith Theresa Roberts | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Dallas, Texas | May 15, 1934||||||||||||||
Died | November 22, 2016 | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Indianapolis Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Judith Theresa Roberts (May 15, 1934 – November 22, 2016)[1] was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[2] Roberts competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle, advanced to the semifinals, and finished fourteenth overall with a time of 1:08.2.[2][3]
Three years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[2][4] Her American relay teammates at the Pan American Games included Carolyn Green, Wanda Werner and Gretchen Kluter.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Judith Roberts' obituary
- ^ a b c d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Judith Roberts. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ a b HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today. Retrieved November 26, 2012.