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| Full name | Jennifer Jo Kemp | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Jenny" | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
May 28, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cincinnati Marlins | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Cincinnati | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Jo Kemp (born May 28, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Kemp competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She won a gold medal as a member of the first-place United States team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also swam in the 100-meter freestyle event, recording a best time of 59.93 seconds in the event semifinals.