Heather Simmons-Carrasco
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Born | May 25, 1970 (1970-05-25) (age 53) Mountain View, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Jean Simmons-Carrasco (born May 25, 1970) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion. Born in Mountain View, California, she competed for the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1][2]
The Olympic team she was a part of that won gold consisted of Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Emily LeSueur, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Jill Sudduth, and Margot Thien. The U.S. finished with a score of 99.720 points, and received nine perfect 10s from the judges for their performance. It was the first-ever Synchronized Swim Team event.
She attended West Valley College.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heather Simmons-Carrasco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Synchronized Swimming" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 27, 2008)
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- 1996: Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Emily LeSueur, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons, Jill Sudduth, Margot Thien (USA)
- 2000: Elena Azarova, Olga Brusnikina, Mariya Kiselyova, Olga Novokshchenova, Irina Pershina, Yelena Soya, Yuliya Vasilyeva, Olga Vasyukova, Yelena Antonova (RUS)
- 2004: Elena Azarova, Olga Brusnikina, Anastasia Davydova, Anastasiya Yermakova, Elvira Khasyanova, Mariya Kiselyova, Olga Novokshchenova, Anna Shorina (RUS)
- 2008: Anastasia Davydova, Anastasiya Yermakova, Mariya Gromova, Natalia Ishchenko, Elvira Khasyanova, Olga Kuzhela, Svetlana Romashina, Anna Shorina, Yelena Ovchinnikova (RUS)
- 2012: Anastasia Davydova, Mariya Gromova, Natalia Ishchenko, Elvira Khasyanova, Daria Korobova, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Angelika Timanina, Alla Shishkina (RUS)
- 2016: Vlada Chigireva, Natalia Ishchenko, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Gelena Topilina, Elena Prokofyeva (RUS)
- 2020: Vlada Chigireva, Marina Goliadkina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Polina Komar, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina (ROC)
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