Joan Rosazza

Joan Rosazza

Personal information
Full name	Joan Ann Rosazza
National team	United States
Born	(1937-05-19) May 19, 1937 Torrington, Connecticut
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Lafayette Swim Club
College team	Purdue University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle

Life and career

Joan Ann Rosazza was born on May 19, 1937, in Torrington, Connecticut where she was raised and where she was eventually taught to swim competitively.

She is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann and Nancy Simons. Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle at the Olympics and finished fourth in the final.

Education

Rosazza graduated from Purdue University in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in education. She later attended Boston College, where she earned a master's degree in psychology and counseling. She then became a teacher for two schools, first at Winchester High School and then at Concord-Carlisle High School

She received the Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award in 1999.

See also

• List of Boston College people
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Purdue University people

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Rosazza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08.