Joan Pennington
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| Full name | Joan Pennington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1960 Franklin, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joan Pennington (born c. 1960)[1] is an American former competition swimmer who won one silver and two gold medals at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships.[2] She qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but could not participate because of the United States-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
Pennington attended the
All-American honors.[3] She was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of 1978–79.[4][5]
She had a two-year break from swimming from 1980 to 1982 and finally retired in 1984. She received her master's degree in health promotion and exercise science from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate degree in preventive health care at the School of Public Health, Loma Linda University in California.[3]
See also
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
- List of Vanderbilt University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
References
- ^ J.D. Reed (April 17, 1978). Thank Heaven For Little Girls. SI Vault
- ^ Joan PENNINGTON. les-sports.info
- ^ a b Joan Pennington.texassports.com
- ^ Collegiate Women Sports Awards, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "Joan Pennington (2001) - Hall of Honor". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
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