Ginny Duenkel
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Ginny Duenkel

Personal information
Full nameVirginia Ruth Duenkel
Nicknames"Ginny"
NationalityUnited States
StrokesBackstroke and Freestyle
ClubSummit YMCA
Birth dateMarch 7, 1947(age 63)
Birth placeOrange, New Jersey
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

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Virginia ("Ginny") Duenkel (March 7, 1947) is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She medaled in two swimming events as a 17-year old, winning a Gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a Bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.

Duenkel was an honoree of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, one of twelve individuals honored in 1985.

Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool in her hometown of West Orange, New Jersey is named in her honor. She attended West Orange High School.

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Medal Record
Women's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold1964 Tokyo400 m freestyle
Bronze1964 Tokyo100 m backstroke
Pan American Games
Gold1963 São Paulo4x100 m medley

Pan American Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1951: United States (Geary, Pence, O'Brien) * 1955: United States (O'Connor, Sears, Mullen, Werner) * 1959: United States (Cone, Brancroft, Collins, Von Saltza) * 1963: United States (Duenkel, Goyette, Stouder, De Varona) * 1967: United States (Moore, Ball, Daniel, Fordyce) * 1971: Canada * 1975: United States (Bonne, Morey, Wright, Peyton) * 1979: United States (Jezek, Caulkins, Sterkel, Woodhead) * 1983: United States (Walsh, Rhodenbaugh, Lehner, Steinseifer) * 1987: United States (Green, Heisick, Jorgensen, Linke) * 1991: United States (Wilson, Tierney, Wester-Krieg, Tappin) * 1995: United States (Bedford, King Bednar, Van Dyken, Martino) * 1999: United States (Knapp, Stitts, Campbell, Spatz) * 2003: United States (MacManus, Stitts, Vollmer, Weir) * 2007: United States (Smit, McKeehan, Hersey, Correia)



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