Molly Botkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Molly Botkin

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medalist

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1943

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Molly Botkin

  • 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.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.
  • 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.

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