Kristen Babb-Sprague
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| Full name | Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
July 29, 1968 Walnut Creek, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague (born July 29, 1968) is an American former synchronized swimmer and an Olympic champion.[1][2]
Babb-Sprague was awarded a gold medal in the women's solo event at the 1992 Summer Olympics after a scoring scandal.[3] In the technical figures routine, a Brazilian judge accidentally entered a score of 8.7 instead of 9.7 for the Canadian swimmer Sylvie Fréchette, allowing Babb-Sprague to win the competition.[4] Fourteen months later, and after several appeals by the Canadian Olympic Committee, Fréchette's medal was upgraded to gold by the International Swimming Federation, while Babb-Sprague was allowed to retain hers.[3]
Babb-Sprague is married to former Major League Baseball player Ed Sprague.
References
- ↑ "Profile: Kristen Babb-Sprague". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Kristen Babb-Sprague". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- 1 2 "Buoyed by a judge's scoring blunder". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ↑ Buchalter, Bill (7 August 1992). "Babb-sprague wins synchronized gold". Chicago Tribune. USA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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