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Olive McKean
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1915 – 2006
Who was Olive McKean?
Mary Olive McKean, also known by her married name, Olive Mucha, was an American competition swimmer and swimming coach.
McKean represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. She won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also finished sixth overall in the women's 100-meter freestyle.
During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, she served as the assistant manager for the U.S. swimming team. She also worked as the aquatics director of the Multnomah Athletics Club, and was the first woman selected to be the president of the Oregon Amateur Athletic Union.
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