Consetta Caruccio-Lenz

Consetta Caruccio-Lenz (26 September 1918 – 2 July 1980) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics and in the 1948 London Summer Olympics.

Caruccio got her start in gymnastics at the age of 14 when she joined the Germania Turnverein gymnastics club in Baltimore, Maryland. A multi-sport athlete, at one point she set the US national record for the 50 yard dash, completing it in 6.3 seconds.

Incidentally, at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where she competed when she was 18 years old, At the next Olympics in 1948, she would officially receive a medal as she helped her team to the bronze medal there.

Lenz served for 9 years on the U.S. Women's Olympic committee