Kim Linehan

Kimberly Ann Linehan (born December 11, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer for the University of Texas, a 1982 World Aquatics champion, a 1984 Olympic competitor in the 400-meter freestyle, and a former world record-holder in the 400 and 1500-meter freestyle events. For a period in the late 1970's she was considered by many to be the top distance freestyler in the world.

At age 15 in 1977, she moved to Austin, and began receiving training from the Texas Longhorn Aquatic Club under Hall of Fame coach Paul Bergen, where her swimming accomplishments continued to build.

University of Texas Enrolling as a student at the University of Texas in the fall of 1980, on the Longhorn women's swim team Linehan was coached by Hall of Fame coaches Paul Bergen and then Richard Quick, and captured 21 All-America honors, leading the Texas women to AIAW National team Championships in 1981 and 1982. She won three NCAA individual titles each year the Texas women's team won the NCAA Championship. As a sophomore and junior, she won consecutive individual titles in the 200 butterfly, 500 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle.

1980 Olympics Linehan qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic trials, and made the 1980 Olympic team, but though she was at the peak of her abilities, she could not attend due to the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Games. She very likely would have been favored in the 400 and 800 metre freestyle events, as the 1500 meter was not an Olympic event. Later, she served as a social worker and health care administrator in Peoria. In April 2005, she served as an honorary meet director at the Normal Community High School National Internet Distance Meet in Normal, Illinois which featured elite swimmers from the U.S. Championship trials in the 1500 meter event. After her swimming career ended, by 2008, she had taken up running as an athletic sideline.