Cone, Carin (1940–)
Cone, Carin (1940–)
American swimmer. Name variations: Carin Cone Vanderbush. Born Carin Alice Cone, April 18, 1940, in NY; m. Al Vanderbush (football player for Army).
Won US 200-yard backstroke (1955) and 100-yard backstroke (1955–60); won a silver medal for backstroke at Melbourne Olympics (1956); won gold medals at Pan American Games for 100-meter backstroke and medley relay (1959); broke 6 world records; retired (1960). Inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame (1984).
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