Researching Patty Kempner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15 people with the Kempner surname? In that year Kempner was ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 54 people with the Kempner surname in the UK? Kempner is now ranked number 3991 for popularity in the UK. |
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Patty Kempner
Patricia Kempner (born August 24, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
On April 27, 1957, she became the first woman to set an official world record in the 200-meter individual medley, clocking 2:48.2 at a swim meet in Chicago, Illinois. The record would survive for over a year.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she won a gold medal by swimming the breaststroke leg for the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with teammates Lynn Burke (backstroke), Carolyn Schuler (butterfly), and Chris von Saltza (freestyle). The U.S medley relay team set a new world record in the event final of 4:41.1. Individually, she also competed in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh in the event final.
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