Molly Botkin
Molly Botkin (left) and Jeff Farrell at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMolly Ray Botkin
National team United States
Born (1943-08-26) August 26, 1943
Los Angeles, California
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubLos Angeles Athletic Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1959 Chicago 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Chicago 100 m butterfly

Molly Ray Botkin (born August 26, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.

A the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, she won three medals, including a gold as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also received a silver for her second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle, and a bronze for a third-place performance in the 100-meter butterfly.[1]

Botkin also represented the United States as a sixteen-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[2] She did not receive a medal, however, because only relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the 1960 Olympic rules.

References

  1. ↑ Molly Botkin. Sports-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay (heats)". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-03.


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